Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia tetragona Molin, 1858
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 693
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species tetragona
Authority Molin, 1858
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Raillietina tetragona (Molin, 1858) Fuhrmann, 1920
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Molin, R. 1858. Prospectus helminthum, quae in prodromo faunae helminthologicae Venetiae continentur. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 30(14): 127-158.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/06/2006 Created Healy, Jones
03/15/2010Modified
08/27/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Galliformes
Host Family Phasianidae
Type Host
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Genus Phasianus
Species gallus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Gallus
Species gallus
Subspecies
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Site in Host small intestine
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Type Locality

Country Patavia
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.