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Alexandromenia

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Alexandromenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Solenogastres
Family: Amphimeniidae
Genus: Alexandromenia
Heath, 1911
Type species
Alexandromenia agassizi Heath, 1911

Alexandromenia is a genus of solenogaster, a kind of shell-less, worm-like mollusk.[1][2]

It lives in Benthic zone regions in tropical climates. It can be found in the Western Atlantic.[3]

Species

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References

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  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. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alexandromenia Heath, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137644 on 2021-04-16
  3. ^ "Alexandromenia acuminata". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  • Heath H. (1911). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from August 1899 to June 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser. XVI. The Solenogastress. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 45: 1-182 pl. 1-40
  • Salvini-Plawen L v. (1978). Antarktische und subantarktische Solenogastres (eine Monographie: 1898-1974). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 128: 1-305.
  • García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. 38: 1-294.