Luitfriedia
Luitfriedia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Aplacophora |
Subclass: | Solenogastres |
Order: | Cavibelonia |
Family: | Pruvotinidae |
Subfamily: | Eleutheromeniinae |
Genus: | Luitfriedia García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001 |
Binomial name | |
Luitfriedia minuta García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001 | |
Luitfriedia is a monospecific genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marinemollusks. This genus, and the sole species, Luitfriedia minuta, occurs in Galicia, Spain.
The genus was named in honor of the malacologist Luitfried von Salvini-Plawen.
Description
This solenogaster bears a range of differently-shaped spicules. It lacks a radula, and bears ten to twelve "respiratory folds".[1]
References
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