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Dorymenia peroneopsis Heath, 1918

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dorymenia peroneopsis Heath, 1918
Name authority
Heath, 1918
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Solenogastres
Family
Proneomeniidae
Genus
Dorymenia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classSolenogastres Gegenbaur, 1878
  5. familyProneomeniidae Mitchell, 1892
  6. genusDorymenia Heath, 1911
  7. speciesDorymenia peroneopsis Heath, 1918

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dorymenia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dorymenia acutidentata Salvini-Plawen, 1978ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia antarctica (Thiele, 1913)ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia cristata Salvini-Plawen, 1978ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia discoveryi (Nierstrasz, 1908)ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia harpagata Salvini-Plawen, 1978ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia hesperidesi García-Álvarez, Urgorri & Salvini-Plawen, 2000ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia interposita Salvini-Plawen, 1978ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia parvidentata García-Álvarez & Urgorri, 2003ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia sarsii (Koren & Danielssen, 1877)ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dorymenia tetradoryata Salvini-Plawen, 1978ProneomeniidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 11 records assigned to Proneomeniidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Heath, H. (1918). Solenogastres from the eastern coast of North America. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 45. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:37FDT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.