Published February 18, 2021 | Version v1
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Dondersiidae Simroth 1893

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physycal Antrhopology, University of Santiago de Compostela. Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s / n. Campus Vida. 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. & Department of Biological Sciences and Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama. 300 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. & kmkocot @ ua. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8673 - 2688
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences and Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama. 300 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. & kmkocot @ ua. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8673 - 2688

Description

Family Dondersiidae Simroth, 1893

Diagnosis. Usually with two or more types of scale-like sclerites. Solid acicular spicules sometimes present. Monoserial radula with elongated denticles. Radula sometimes absent. Ventrolateral foregut glands type A. Mantle cavity usually without respiratory folds.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 63-97 in Zootaxa 4933 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4547986

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Simroth
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Pholidoskepia
Family
Dondersiidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Dondersiidae Simroth, 1893 sec. Cobo & Kocot, 2021

References

  • Simroth, H. (1893) Aplacophora. In: Bronn, H. G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, 3 (1), 128 - 233.