Philophathalamus palpebrarum are small trematodes that have the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) as intermediate host and parasitize primarily the eyes (conjunctival and orbital tissues) of wild and domestic birds, commonly associated with freshwater birds and wading birds (Kingston, 1984;Sapp et al., 2019). Transmission to birds occurs by ingestion of encysted metacercariae on substrates
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