Scientific name Fasciolidae Order Echinostomida | Suborder Echinostomata Phylum Platyhelminthes Rank Family | |
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Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several veterinary and medical important parasites. Family Fasciolidae is divided into 5 genera. Flukes of the family are localized in liver, gall bladder, and the intestine. The life cycle of fasciolid flukes includes one intermediate host – freshwater snails from family Lymnaeidae.
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Morphological features
Systematics within family
According to Olson et al. 2003 the family has five genera:
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