Proterodiplostomidae
Family of flukes
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Proterodiplostomidae is a monotypic family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida. It consists of one subfamily, Polycotylinae Monticelli, 1888,[2] which consists of one genus, Cheloniodiplostomum Sudarikov, 1960,[3] which consists of four species: Cheloniodiplostomum argentinense Palumbo & Diaz, 2018;[4] Cheloniodiplostomum breve (MacCallum, 1921);[5] Cheloniodiplostomum delillei (Zerecero, 1947);[6] and Cheloniodiplostomum testudinis (Dubois, 1936).[1]
| Proterodiplostomidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Diplostomida |
| Superfamily: | Diplostomoidea |
| Family: | Proterodiplostomidae Dubois, 1936[1] |
