Hemimenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Aplacophora |
Subclass: | Solenogastres |
Order: | Neomeniamorpha |
Family: | Hemimeniidae |
Genus: | Hemimenia |
Hemimenia is a genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like mollusks. [1]
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