Luitfriedia is a monospecific genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marinemollusks. This genus, and the sole species, Luitfriedia minuta, occurs in Galicia, Spain.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Solenogastres |
| Family: | Pruvotinidae |
| Genus: | Luitfriedia García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001 |
| Species: | L. minuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Luitfriedia minuta García-Alvarez & Urgorri, 2001
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The genus was named in honor of the malacologist Luitfried von Salvini-Plawen.
Description
editThis solenogaster bears a range of differently-shaped spicules. It lacks a radula, and bears ten to twelve "respiratory folds".[1]
References
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