Graffilla is a genus of parasitic turbellarian flatworms.
| Graffilla | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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