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  Subfamily Olisthanellinae

Genus Olisthanella

    Species O. coeca -- North America.
    Species O. albiensis
    Species O. brinkmanni
    Species O. caeca
    Species O. elegans
    Species O. isaevi
    Species O. lugdunense
    Species O. luteophila
    Species O. lutheri
    Species O. multispina
    Species O. nassonoffii
    Species O. nassonovi
    Species O. obtusa
    Species O. opaca
    Species O. opistomiformis
    Species O. palmeni
    Species O. truncula

Taxon Information

The Genus Olisthanella has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Olisthanella, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Olisthanella, 1 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Olisthanella, "Although this genus has been reported several times from [North America] no definite species has been listed. Wisc., Va., Mich." (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Platyhelminthes (free-living flatworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 77-108.
• Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

Web Pages

• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
• World Register of Marine Species