| Telorchis | |
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| Telorchis clemmydis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Telorchiidae |
| Genus: | Telorchis Lühe, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| Telorchis clava (Diesing, 1850)
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Telorchis is a genus of trematode parasites found in many herps, comprising around 70 species.[2] This parasite is an indirect parasite, with a snail intermediate host and a reptile or amphibian definitive host. Typically found in the gastrointestinal tract of their definitive host, telorchids attach to the wall of the intestinal tract with their ventral sucker, or acetabulum.