Published December 31, 2008 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Amphimeniidae Salvini-Plawen 1972

  • 1. Zoologie, Universität Wien, Althanstr. 14, A- 1090 Vienna (Austria) luitfried. salvini-plawen @ univie. ac. at

Description

Family AMPHIMENIIDAE Salvini-Plawen, 1972

DIAGNOSIS. — Solenogastres with thick mantle cuticle, sclerites acicular as hollow spicules (needles). Radula monoserial (or lacking); anterio-ventral radula sack (when present) unpaired. Foregut glandular organs typically as ramified ducts with terminally arranged clusters of gland cells (= type D). Spawning ducts with subepithelially arranged, intercellularly opening glands.

Notes

Published as part of Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried von, 2008, Contributions to West European Cavibelonia (Mollusca, Solenogastres) with two new species, pp. 873-897 in Zoosystema 30 (4) on page 889, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4525775

Files

Files (770 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:f2a9ce88cb7a78a52df7f5f74b1d9804
770 Bytes Download

System files (5.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:1b011cd632f9bd6ba89e05a481f14d9f
5.6 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Salvini-Plawen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Cavibelonia
Family
Amphimeniidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Amphimeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1972 sec. Salvini-Plawen, 2008

References

  • KOREN J. & DANIELSSEN D. C. 1877. - Beskrivelse over nye arter, henhOrend til slaegten Solenopus, samt nogle oplysninger om dens organisation. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab (Christiana) 2: 121 - 128 (in Norwegian, translated into English in 1879: Descriptions of new species belonging to the genus Solenopus, with some observations on their organisation. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 3 (17): 321 - 328).