Proneomenia quincarinata

Taxobox
name = "Proneomenia quincarinata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Aplacophora
subclassis = Neomeniomorpha
ordo = Cavibelonia
familia = Proneomeniidae
genus = "Proneomenia"
species = "P. quincarinata"
binomial = "Proneomenia quincarinata"
binomial_authority = Ponder, 1970

"Proneomenia quincarinata" is a mollusc related to the chitons, endemic to New Zealand. It has been found at depths of between 15 and 240 m off Lyall Bay, Wellington, and at the Chatham Islands.

The animal is worm-like, up to 52 mm in length, with small slit-like ventral openings at each end, and five longitudinal ridges run the length of the body. The radula has paired single-cusp central teeth and 19 weak lanceolate laterals. Its colour is yellowish-pink.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1