Inopinatamenia, Cobo & Kocot, 2021

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 : 86

Genus Inopinatamenia gen. n.

Type species. Inopinatamenia calamitosa sp. n.

Derivatio nominis. From Latin inopinatus-a-um: unexpected. In allusion to the non-expected finding of a new genus.

Diagnosis. Sclerites of a single type: lanceolate leaf-shaped scales, without solid acicular sclerites. Common atrio-buccal cavity. Monoserial radula with six denticles per tooth. Type A ventrolateral foregut glands. Without dorsoterminal sensory organ. Probably with respiratory folds.