Troglotrematidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Suborder: | Xiphidiata |
Superfamily: | Troglotrematoidea |
Family: | Troglotrematidae Odhner, 1914 |
Troglotrematidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida. [1]
Genera: [1]
Plagiorchiida is a large order of trematodes, synonymous to Echinostomida. They belong to the Digenea, a large subclass of flukes. This order contains relatively few significant parasites of humans.
Nanophyetus salmincola is a food-borne intestinal trematode parasite prevalent on the Pacific Northwest coast. The species may be the most common trematode endemic to the United States.