Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi

Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc.[1] It is known from only one specimen collected from a depth of 2000 metres in the Pacific Ocean, north of Johnston Island and west of Hawaii.[2]

Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Tryblidiida
Genus: Monoplacophorus
Species:
M. zenkevitchi
Binomial name
Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi
Moskalev, Starobogatov & Filatova, 1983

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2020). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Adenopilina adenensis". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. Schwabe, Enrico (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). In: Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (Eds) (2008) Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa, 1866, 1–574.


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