Rhopalomeniidae Explained

Rhopalomeniidae is a family of solenogaster,, a kind of shell-less, worm-like, marine mollusk.^[1]

Genera

• Dinomenia Nierstrasz, 1902
• Driomenia Heath, 1911
• Entonomenia Leloup, 1948
• Pruvotia Thiele, 1894
• Rhopalomenia Simroth, 1893
• Urgorria Garcia-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2001

Synonyms:

• Rhopalomenia Simroth, 1893 (part) synonym of Entonomenia Leloup, 1948

References

• 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. (2007). Species and diagnosis of the families and genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca). Iberus 25(2): 73-143
• García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. 38: 1-294

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rhopalomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13578 on 2021-04-15