''Artyfechinostomum malayanum'' is a species of

digenetic Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral ...

trematode Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...

in the family

Echinostomatidae Echinostomatidae is a Family (biology), family of Trematoda, trematodes in the Order (biology), order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.Fuhrmann, O. (1928). ''Zweite Klasse des Cladus Platyhelminthes: Trematoda''. Berlin & Leipzig: Kükentha ...

. The known first intermediate host of ''Artyfechinostomum malayanum'' include freshwater snails ''

Indoplanorbis exustus ''Indoplanorbis'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail. Its Monotypic taxon, only member species is ''Indoplanorbis exustus'', an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ...

'' and ''

Gyraulus convexiusculus ''Gyraulus convexiusculus'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Gyraulus convexiusculus'' includes Sistan and Baluchestan ...

''. The ceraciae can also infect gastropods ''

Pila scutata ''Pila scutata'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These sn ...

'', '' Lymnaea cumingiana'' and '' Digoniostoma pulchella''.

References

Animals described in 1943 Plagiorchiida {{trematode-stub