Gegenbaur, 1878

Ventral furrow present. Gills, when present, developed as folds, not bi-pectinate. Mouth without foot-shield. Mouth and anal chamber may be terminal and a radula may be present.

Source: Jones and Baxter, 1987.

The following subtaxa of this class occur in the region:

Order Cavibelonia
Family Dondersiidae
Genus Nematomenia
Nematomenia banyulensis
Order Neomeniamorpha
Family Neomeniidae
Genus Neomenia
Neomenia carinata
Order Pholidoskepia
Genus Rhopalomenia
Family Rhopalomeniidae
Rhopalomenia aglaopheniae

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Solenogastres

Scientific synonyms and common names

Aplacophora: Neomenioidea

Jones, A.M. & J.M. Baxter, 1987. Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda. Synopses of the British fauna (NS), 37: 1-123.

Poppe, G.T. & Y. Goto, 1991. European Seashells. Vol. I. 352 pp. Wiesbaden/Verlag Christa Hemmen.

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