Malacobdellidae

Translingual

Etymology

Malacobdella + -idae

Proper noun

Malacobdellidae

  1. A proboscis worm that lives in the mantle cavities of bivalves, characterized by a posterior ventral sucker and a proboscis lacking a stylet
    1. A taxonomic family within the order Monostilifera.[1]
    2. A taxonomic family within the order Bdellonemertea.

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References

  1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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