Veleropilina veleronis
Veleropilina veleronis is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. It is found off Cedros Island, Mexico in the Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
| Veleropilina veleronis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Neopilinida |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Veleropilina |
| Species: | V. veleronis |
| Binomial name | |
| Veleropilina veleronis Menzies & Layton, 1963 | |
References
- 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.
- Kano, Y., Kimura, S., Kimura, T. and Warén, A. (2012), Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?. Zoologica Scripta, 41: 471-488. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x
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