Luitfriedia
Luitfriedia is a monospecific genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marinemollusks. This genus, and the sole species, Luitfriedia minuta, occurs in Galicia, Spain.
| Luitfriedia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Aplacophora |
| Subclass: | Solenogastres |
| Order: | Cavibelonia |
| Family: | Pruvotinidae |
| Genus: | Luitfriedia García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001 |
| Species: | L. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Luitfriedia minuta García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001 | |
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
- García-Alvarez, O.; Urgorri, V (2001). "Luitfriedia minuta gen. et sp. nov. (Mollusca: Solenogastres), a new species from Galicia, North-West Spain". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 42 (3): 197–202. ISSN 0007-9723.
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