Dondersia Hubrecht, 1888

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 : 68

Genus Dondersia Hubrecht, 1888

Type species. Dondersia festiva Hubrecht, 1888 , Mediterranean Sea 60 m. Other species: D. annulata Nierstrasz, 1902 , Indian Ocean ( Indonesia) 38 m ; D. cnidevorans Salvini-Plawen, 1978 , Antarctic 659–717 m ; D.? laminata Salvini-Plawen, 1978 , Antarctic 311‾ 426 m ; D.? stylastericola Salvini-Plawen, 1978 , Antarctic 300 m ; D. namibiensis Scheltema, Schander & Kocot, 2012 , South East Atlantic 619 m. D. incali ( Scheltema, 1999) , North East Atlantic 2091 m . D. todtae Klink, Bergmeier, Neusser & Ĵrger, 2015, East Atlantic , Azores Islands, 60 m.

Diagnosis. Elongate body without keel. Anterior end tapered to beaklike point, posterior end with a fingerlike projection and with a posterior lobe (in mature specimens). Leaf-shaped scales most abundant type of sclerites with oar-shaped (= pallet-shaped) or laminar scales scattered between them. With or without common atrio-buccal cavity. Monoserial radula; teeth with four denticles; two central denticles fused and curved distally; two lateral, outswung, curved denticles arising from rounded, serrated base. With or without dorsoterminal sensory organ. With or without copulatory stylets. Without respiratory folds. With seminal vesicles.