Heronimidae

Heronimidae
Heronimus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heronimidae

Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species. The sole species of this family, Heronimus mollis (Leidy, 1856) is a parasite of the lungs of a number of species of turtles across North and Central America.

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