Fasciola | |
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Fasciola hepatica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Subclass: | Digenea |
Order: | Echinostomida |
Suborder: | Echinostomata |
Family: | Fasciolidae |
Genus: |
Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758 |
Fasciola is a genus of trematodes which includes economically important parasite species. Members of genus Fasciola belongs to liver flukes. They cause the disease fasciolosis.