Notomenia
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| 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]
