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Family CURIMOSTOMATIDAE Jankowski, 1968
Syn. Curinostomatidae

Mouthless forms; body small, pyriform to ovoid in shape; silverline system much like that of Tetrahymena (family Tetrahymenidae, above); obligate endosymbiont in tissues or cavities of fresh-water snails, limpets, clams, and turbellarians.

Curimostoma Kozloff, 1954
(syn. Curinostoma).
Single species.
Dogielella Poljansky, 1925.
Few species.