Phylum Nematoda
Class
Chromadorea
Subclass
Chromadoria
Order Rhabditida
Superfamily Cosmocercoidea
Cosmocercidae (Railliet, 1916) Travassos, 1925
Parasites of amphibians, reptiles and fish. Two genera are parasites of terrestrial molluscs: snails and slugs.
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Moravec, F., Chara, J., Shinn, A.P. 2004. Two nematodes, Dentinema trichomycteri n. g., n. sp. (Cosmocercidae) and Procamallanus chimusensis Freitas & Ibáñez, 1968 (Camallanidae), from catfishes Trichomycterus spp. (Pisces) in Colombia. Systematic Parasitology 59:189-197.
Pieterse, A., Malan, A.P., Ross, J.L. 2017. Nematodes that associate with terrestrial molluscs as definitive hosts, including Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) and its development as a biological molluscicide. J. Helminthol. 91:517-527.