Leucochloridium

Leucochloridium
Leucochloridium paradoxum, parasite in Succinea putris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Strigeata
Family:	Leucochloridiidae
Genus:	Leucochloridium Carus, 1835

Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic worms.

Species

Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:

• Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800)
• Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948
• Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
• Leucochloridium melospizae
• Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
• Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmanska, 1969
• Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
• Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
• Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881

Synonyms:

• Leucochloridium macrostomum is a synonym for Urogonimus macrostomus (Rudolphi, 1802)

Gallery

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  A flatworm of the genus Leucochloridium parasiting a snail.

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