Nematomenia Simroth, 1893

Cobo, M. Carmen & Kocot, Kevin M., 2021, On the diversity of abyssal Dondersiidae (Mollusca: Aplacophora) with the description of a new genus, six new species, and a review of the family, Zootaxa 4933 (1), pp. 63-97 : 71-73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4548008
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scientific name	Nematomenia Simroth, 1893
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Genus Nematomenia Simroth, 1893 View in CoL

Type species. Nematomenia flavens ( Pruvot, 1890) View in CoL , Mediterranean and North Sea 45‾ 167 m.

Other species. N. corallophila (Kowalesky, 1881) View in CoL , Mediterranean Sea 73‾ 183 m; N. banyulensis ( Pruvot, 1890) View in CoL , Mediterranean Sea and Norway 31‾ 300 m; N. platypoda ( Heath, 1911) View in CoL , Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 42‾ 880 m; N. arctica Thiele, 1913b View in CoL , Arctic? m; N. glacialis Thiele, 1913a View in CoL , Antarctic 385 m; N. protecta Thiele, 1913b View in CoL , Antarctic 385 m; N. squamosa Thiele, 1913a View in CoL , Antarctic 385 m; N. incirrata Salvini-Plawen, 1978 View in CoL , Antarctic 298‾ 302 m; N. ptyalosa Salvini-Plawen, 1978 View in CoL , Antarctic 148‾ 201 m; N. tegulata Salvini-Plawen, 1978 View in CoL , Antarctic 148‾ 201 m.

Diagnosis. Elongate body with or without keel. Leaf-shaped scales as major sclerites, and with oar-shaped, pallet-shaped, or laminar scales scattered between them. With common atrio-buccal cavity. Monoserial radula with four denticles that narrow distally, neighboring denticles usually joined at the apex, or radula lacking. With or without dorsoterminal sensory organ. With or without copulatory stylets. Without respiratory folds.