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 Edit this 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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