Heronimidae

Heronimidae
	Heronimus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Heronimidae

Last updated September 09, 2025

Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species.^[1]^[2] The sole species of this family, Heronimus mollis (Leidy, 1856) is a parasite of the lungs of a number of species of turtles across North and Central America.^[1]

References

1 2 Pearson, J. C. (1992). On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea. Systematic Parasitology, 21(2), 81-166.
↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heronimidae Ward, 1918". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Pearson, J. C. (1992). On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea. Systematic Parasitology, 21(2), 81-166.

[2] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heronimidae Ward, 1918". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

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