title: Digyalum oweni, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new and unusual gregarin protozoan from the gut of mollusc Littorina obtusata (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda).
abstract: Digyalum oweni, gen. nov., sp. nov., is described from the gut of the gastropod mollusc Littorina obtusata. The gregarine has the unusual features of transverse orientation of the epicyte folds and two anterior pouch-like hollows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Leeds, England.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Koura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grahame
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kamel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology*