ophidiella ophidiella ophidiella is a subgenus of the genus plasmodium created in 1966 by garnham. ophidiella scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium subgenus: ophidiellagarnham, 1966 it was created as a subgenus for the then only known species infecting snakes - plasmodium wenyoni. species plasmodium pessoai plasmodium tomodoni plasmodium wenyoni