Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neodalyellida > Family Graffillidae > Subfamily Graffillinae

Paravortex Wahl, 1906

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paravortex cardii Hallez, 1909
Paravortex gemellipara (Linton, 1910) Ball, 1916
Paravortex karlingi Pike & Burt, 1981
Paravortex scrobiculariae (Graff, 1882) Wahl, 1906

Literature

original description	Wahl, B. (1906). Untersuchungen über den Bau der parasitischen Turbellarien aus der Familie der Dalyelliiden (Vorticiden). I. Teil. Die Genera Anoplodium, Graffilla und Paravortex. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 115(3): 417-471 + 4 pl.
basis of record	Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, 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. 123-136
additional source	Brusa F.; Ponce de Leon, R.; Damborenea, C. (2006). A new Paravortex (Platyhelminthes, Dalyellioida) endoparasite of Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia, Mesodesmatidae) from Uruguay. Parasitology Research, 99(5): 566-571
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Paravortex Wahl, 1906. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142283