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Luitfriedia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Solenogastres
Family: Pruvotinidae
Genus: Luitfriedia
García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001
Species:
L. minuta
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

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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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  1. ^ 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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