Luitfriedia

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Luitfriedia is a monospecific genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marinemollusks. This genus, and the sole species, Luitfriedia minuta, occurs in Galicia, Spain.

Phylum:Mollusca
Genus:Luitfriedia
García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001
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Luitfriedia
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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
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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]

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