Tegulaherpia

Tegulaherpia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Aplacophora
Subclass: Solenogastres
Order: Pholidoskepia
Family: Lepidomeniidae
Genus: Tegulaherpia
Species
  • T. tasmanica Salvini-Plawen

Tegulaherpia is a genus of pholidoskepian solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marine mollusks.[1] Its sclerites are flattened and resemble the sclerites of Halkieria.[2]

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. ↑ Vinther, J.; Nielsen, C. (2005). "The Early Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc". Zoologica Scripta. 34: 81. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00177.x.


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