Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Gorgoderoidea

Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Polylekithum Arnold, 1934

Literature

original description	Mehra, H. R. (1931). A new genus Spinometra of the family Lepodermatidae Odhner (Trema-toda) from a tortoise, with a systematic discussion and classification of the family. Parasitology. 23 (2): 157–178.
taxonomy source	Knudson, H. P.; Curran, S. S.; Truong, T. N.; Dutton, H. R.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Encyclobrephus brevivitellus n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea, Incertae sedis ) Infecting the Mekong Snail-Eating Turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga , in the Mekong River, Vietnam, with Phylogenetic Analyses Based on rDNA. Journal of Parasitology. 109(2).
identification resource	Tkach, V. V. (2008). Family Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931. In Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 349–352.