Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Solenogastres > Family Gymnomeniidae > Genus Wirenia

Wirenia argentea Odhner, 1920

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Wirenia*	Odhner, 1920	accepted genus name
*Aesthoherpia*	Salvini-Plawen, 1985	synonym

Species group names

*Aesthoherpia glandulosa*	Salvini-Plawen, 1985	synonym

Literature

original description	Odhner N.H. (1920). Norwegian Solenogastres. Bergens Museum Aarbok (1918-1919). 1(3): 1-86, pls 1-6.
additional source	Todt, C. & Salvini-Plawen, L.v., 2004. Ultrastructure of the midgut epithelium of Wirenia argentea (Mollusca: Solenogastres). J. Moll. Stud., 70:213-224
additional source	García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. 38: 1-294.
additional source	Salvini-Plawen L. (1988). Einige Solenogastres (Mollusca) den europäischen Meiofauna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 90 (B): 373-385
additional source	Todt, C. & Salvini-Plawen, L.v., 2004. Ultrastructure and histochemistry of foregut in Wirenia argentea and Genitoconia rosea (Mollusca, Solenogastres). Zoomorphology, 123: 65-80
additional source	Scherholz, M.; Redl, E.; Wollesen, T.; Todt, C.; Wanninger, A. (2013). Aplacophoran mollusks evolved from ancestors with Polyplacophoran-like features. Current Biology. 23(21): 2130-2134.
additional source	Handl C.H. & Salvini-Plawen L. v. (2001). New records of Solenogastres-Pholidoskepia (Mollusca) from Norwegian fjords and and shelf waters including two new species. Sarsia 86(4-5): 367-381
additional source	García-Álvarez, O. & Salvini-Plawen, L. v. (2007). Species and diagnosis of the families and genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca). Iberus. 25(2): 73-143.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Wirenia argentea Odhner, 1920. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140055