Notomenia information

Notomenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Solenogastres
Family:	Notomeniidae; Salvini-Plawen 2004
Genus:	Notomenia; Thiele, 1897
Species:	N. clavigera
Binomial name
	Notomenia clavigera; Thiele, 1897

Notomenia is a genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marinemollusks.^[1] In this genus the animal bears non-mineralized sclerites.^[2] This genus is the sole representative of the family Notomeniidae, and has secondarily reduced its radula, which is vestigial.^[3]

^ García-Álvarez, Óscar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (2007). "Species and diagnosis of the Families and Genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca)" (PDF). Iberus. 25 (2): 73–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
^ Scheltema, A. H.; Kerth, K.; Kuzirian, A. M. (2003). "Original molluscan radula: Comparisons among Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, and the Cambrian fossil Wiwaxia corrugata". Journal of Morphology. 257 (2): 219–45. doi:10.1002/jmor.10121. PMID 12833382. S2CID 32940079.
^ Von Salvini-Plawen, L. (2004). "Contributions to the Morphological Diversity and Classification of the Order Cavibelonia (Mollusca: Solenogastres)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 70: 73. doi:10.1093/mollus/70.1.73.

[1] García-Álvarez, Óscar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (2007). "Species and diagnosis of the Families and Genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca)" (PDF). Iberus. 25 (2): 73–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.

[Scheltema2003-2] Scheltema, A. H.; Kerth, K.; Kuzirian, A. M. (2003). "Original molluscan radula: Comparisons among Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, and the Cambrian fossil Wiwaxia corrugata". Journal of Morphology. 257 (2): 219–45. doi:10.1002/jmor.10121. PMID 12833382. S2CID 32940079.

[Von_Salvini-Plawen2004-3] Von Salvini-Plawen, L. (2004). "Contributions to the Morphological Diversity and Classification of the Order Cavibelonia (Mollusca: Solenogastres)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 70: 73. doi:10.1093/mollus/70.1.73.