Epimenia

Epimenia
A preserved specimen of Epimenia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Aplacophora
Subclass:Solenogastres
Order:Cavibelonia
Family:Epimeniidae
Genus:Epimenia
Nierstrasz, 1908

Epimenia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusks.[1] During the development of species in this genus, the sclerites start out as solid tips, then a hollow stalk develops that is subsequently infilled.[2]

References

  1. ↑ García-Álvarez, Óscar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (2007). "Species and diagnosis of the Families and Genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca)" (PDF). Iberus. 25 (2): 73–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Okusu, A. (2002). "Embryogenesis and development of Epimenia babai (Mollusca: Neomeniomorpha)". The Biological Bulletin. 203 (1): 87–103. doi:10.2307/1543461. JSTOR 1543461. PMID 12200259.
  • "Epimenia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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