Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Microphalloidea > Family Microphallidae > Subfamily Microphallinae > Genus Microphallus

Microphallus pirum (Lebour, 1907) Deblock, 1980

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microphallus*	Ward, 1901	accepted genus name
*Bulbovitellus*	Yamaguti, 1971	generic synonym
*Spelophallus*	Jägerskiöld, 1908	synonym
*Spelotrema*	Jägerskiöld, 1901	synonym

Species group names

*Cercaria pirum*	Lebour, 1907	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142
new combination reference	Deblock, S. (1980). Inventaire des trematodes larvaires parasites des mollusques Hydrobia (prosobranches) des Cotes de France. Parassitologia. 22 (1/2): 1–105.
biology source	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). Synopsis of the life cycles of Digenea (Platyhelminthes) from lagoons of the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Journal of Natural History. 41 (25-28): 1553–1570.