Blainville, 1827

Nemerteans with broad, dorsoventrally compressed bodies bearing a single posterior ventral sucker; proboscis unarmed; rhynchocoel opening into barrel-shaped foregut which is lined by rows of motile, ciliated papillae; intestine sinuous, without lateral diverticula; eyes and cerebral sensory organs absent; sexes separate, gonads generally numerous, closely packed on either side of the intestine; with entocommensal habits, typically living in the mantle chamber of bivalve molluscs.

Source: Gibson, 1982.

The following species of this genus occurs in the region:

Malacobdella grossa

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Nermertina
Class Enopla
Order Bdellonemertea
Family Malacobdellidae
Genus Malacobdella

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Gibson, R., 1982. British Nemerteans. Synopses of the British Fauna (NS), 24.

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