Type host: Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758, European mole.

Other hosts: None reported to date.

Type locality: EUROPE: Italy, near Rome.

Geographic distribution: EUROPE: Italy, Bulgaria.

Description of oocyst: Oocyst shape: ellipsoid; number of walls: 1 (line drawing) or 2 (described as double-contoured); wall thickness: <1.0; wall characteristics: smooth, thin, and becomes very thin at one end; L x W: 17.8 x 11.9; L/W ratio: 1.5; M: absent; OR: absent; PG: absent. Distinctive features of oocyst: ellispoid shape without OR or PG and wall becoming very thin at one end.

Description of sporocysts and sporozoites: Sporocyst shape: piriform to ovoid; L x W: 12.0 x 7.4; L/W ratio: 1.6; SB: present, large, nipple-like; SSB: absent; PSB: absent; SR: present; SR characteristics: compact mass of large granules (line drawing); SP: sausage-shaped without RB (line drawing). Distinctive features of sporocyst: large, protruding, nipple-like SB .

Prevalence: 3/28 (11%).

Sporulation: Exogenous. Oocysts sporulated in 3 days.

Prepatent and patent periods: Unknown.

Site of infection: Unknown. Oocysts recovered from feces and intestinal contents.

Materials deposited: None.

Remarks: The 1956 paper by Agostinucci, in which he decribes this species again, is identical to the 1955 paper. This species also was reported in 3/10 (30%) T. europaea by Golemansky (1979) from the Sreburna Reserve in Bulgaria. The oocysts he found were 12.5-13.8 x 10-11; sporocysts were 10-13 x 5.4-7.6.

References: Agostinucci 1955, 1956); Golemansky (1979).