Graffilla

Graffilla is a genus of parasitic turbellarian flatworms.

Graffilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Rhabdocoela
Family: Graffillidae
Genus: Graffilla
H. von Ihering, 1880

A species within Graffilla, G. pugetensi, is a parasite of the pericardial cavity of the bivalvian mollusc Macoma nasuta.[1]

Graffilla effects reared and wild clam populations in Italy, Spain, the United States, and France.[2]

References
  1. Schell, Stewart C. (October 1986). "Graffilla pugetensis n. sp. (order Neorhabdocoela: Graffillidae), a parasite in the pericardial cavity of the bent-nose clam, Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)". The Journal of Parasitology. 72 (5): 748–754. doi:10.2307/3281468. JSTOR 3281468.
  2. Paillard, C.; Maes, P.; Oubella, R. (January 1994). "Brown ring disease in clams". Annual Review of Fish Diseases. 4: 219–240. doi:10.1016/0959-8030(94)90030-2.


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