Family Alaninematidae

                                 Rev 02/26/2024

Classification:

      Chromadorea
         Rhabditida
         Rhabditia
          Tylenchida
 Tylenchina
             Panagrolaimorpha
   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.

Morphology and Anatomy:

 

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. & Glen, D.M. (2004) Nematodes (Nematoda) parasitic in terrestrial gastropods. pp. 525557 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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