Family Alaninematidae

                                 Revised 01/31/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

     Class Chromadorea
Subclass Chromadoria
         Order Rhabditida
         Suborder  Tylenchina
                     Infraorder Panagrolaimorpha

          Superfamily Panagrolaimoidea

Alaninematidae Theodorides, 1957

A very poorly known family containg only one genus, Alaninema, which has few species.

Parasites of molluscs and considered to be associated with the pallial cavity or digestive tract of snails and slugs (Pieterse et al., 2016). Terrestrial molluscs are the definitive hosts.


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References

Ivanova, E.S., Wilson, M.J. 2009. Two new species of Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae) from British terrestrial molluscs. Syst Parasitol 74:113-124. DOI 10.1007/s11230-009-9200-z

Morand, S., Wilson, M.J. and Glen, D.M. 2004,) Nematodes (Nematoda) parasitic in terrestrial gastropods. pp. 525–557 in Barker, G.M. (Ed.) Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. Wallingford, CABI Publishing

Pieterse, A., Malan, A.P., Ross, J.L. 2016    Nematodes that associate with terrestrial molluscs as definitive hosts, including Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) and its development as a biological molluscicide. J. Helminthology 91:517-527.

 

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