Helicoradomenia

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Helicoradomenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Solenogastres
Family: Simrothiellidae
Genus: Helicoradomenia
Type species
Helicoradomenia juaniScheltema & Kuzirian, 1991

Helicoradomenia is a genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like mollusks. [1] [2]

Some species in this genus inhabit mid-ocean ridges. [3]

Species

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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. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicoradomenia Scheltema & Kuzirian, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395145 on 2021-04-14
  3. Scheltema, A. H.; Kerth, K.; Kuzirian, A. M. (2003). "Original molluscan radula: Comparisons among Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, and the Cambrian fossil Wiwaxia corrugata". Journal of Morphology. 257 (2): 219–45. doi:10.1002/jmor.10121. PMID   12833382.