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Tunetella emydis |
Tunetella is a genus of parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa.
There is one species in this genus — Tunetella emydis.
The species and genus was described by Brumpt and Lavier in 1935.[1]
This species infects the erythrocytes of tortoise Emys leprosa.