Spirorchiidae

Spirorchiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Subclass:	Digenea
Order:	Strigeidida
Suborder:	Strigeata
Superfamily:	Schistosomatoidea
Family:	Spirorchiidae Rao, 1933

Spirorchiidae is a family of digenetic trematodes. Infestation by these trematodes leads to the disease state commonly called spirorchiidiosis. Spirorchiids are parasites of turtles.

Genera in the family Spirorchiidae include:

Some species of spirochiids are parasites of the freshwater snail Indoplanorbis exustus.

The cardiovascular parasites Learedius learedi, Hapalotrema postorchis, Monticellius indicum and Amphiorchis solus have been found in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Spirhapalum siamensis is a parasite found in the heart of the Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis).

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