Epiherpia

Epiherpia is a genus of cavibelonian solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like mollusks.[2] It contains only one known species, Epiherpia vixinsignis, which was originally classified as a species of Epimenia, with doubt, based on a single immature specimen.[1]

Epiherpia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Aplacophora
Subclass: Solenogastres
Order: Cavibelonia
Family: Epimeniidae
Genus: Epiherpia
Salvini-Plawen, 1997[1]
Species:
E. vixinsignis
Binomial name
Epiherpia vixinsignis
(Salvini-Plawen, 1978)
Synonyms

Epimenia(?) vixinsignis Salvini-Plawen, 1978

References

  1. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (1997). "Systematic revision of the Epimeniidae (Mollusca: Solenogastres)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63 (2): 131–155. doi:10.1093/mollus/63.2.131.
  2. 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.


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