''Amphimenia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cavibelonia
The Cavibelonia are one of the four orders of solenogaster, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusk.
This order is not monophyletic and is no longer accepted.
Previous families
* Acanthomeniidae
Acanthomeniidae is a family of solenogaster, ...
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solenogaster
The Solenogastres (less often referred to as Neomeniomorpha), commonly known as solenogasters, are a class of small, worm-like, shell-less molluscs ( Aplacophora), the other class being the Caudofoveata ( Chaetodermomorpha).MolluscaBase eds. (20 ...
, a kind of shell-less, worm-like
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amphimenia Thiele, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137645 on 2021-04-16] This genus has only one
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, ''Amphimenia neapolitana''.
It is found in the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
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References
Further reading
* Thiele, J. 1894 Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie der Amphineurem. I. Úber einige Neapeñer Solenogastres. Zeitschr. Wissensch. Zool., 58: 222-302
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.
Solenogastres
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