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  Subfamily Typhloplaninae

Genus Typhloplana

    Species T. viridata -- midwestern North America.
    Species T. minima -- North America.
    Species T. vitellata

Taxon Information

The Genus Typhloplana has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Typhloplana, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Typhloplana, 1 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Typhloplana, "Single species reported from [North America]" (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