Leucochloridium

Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae. Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.

Species


Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:


 * Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus
 * Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae
 * L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum
 * Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum
 * Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
 * Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum
 * Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
 * Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae
 * Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951


 * Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.


 * L. subtilis Pojmańska, 1969 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum
 * Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
 * Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881