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n. - Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle.

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  • The phylogenetic status of the aplacophoran mollusk taxon Solenogastres (Neomeniomorpha) is controversially discussed.
  • Some authors propose the clade to represent the most basal branch within Mollusca, while others claim aplacophoran mollusks (Solenogastres and Caudofoveata) to be derived.
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