A family of nematode parasites of the intestinal tract of wild and domestic birds and mammals.

• Family characterized by the complexity of the cephalic extremity: peripheral, radial and chordal lobes of the esophagus extend anteriorly to form a pharyngeal extension between the true buccal capsule and the esophagusl

Currently,six subfamilies are recognized:

•  Allodapinae Inglis, 1958,
• Labiobulurinae Quentin, 1969,
• Parasubulurinae Berghe & Vuylsteke, 1938,
• Leipoanematinae Chabaud, 1957
• Subulurinae Travassos, 1914.
• Echidnonematinae Smales, Elliot & Chisholm, 2021

References

.Smales, L., Elliot, A. and Chisholm, L. 2021. A Survey of the Nematode Parasites of the Short‑beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae) from Southwestern Australia with the Description of a New Subfamily, Genus and Species of the Subuluridae Travassos, 1914 (Nematoda: Ascaridida). Acta Parasitologica 66:228-235 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-020-00277-0

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