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Veleropilina zografi

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Veleropilina zografi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Neopilinida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Veleropilina
Species:
V. zografi
Binomial name
Veleropilina zografi
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)[1]
Synonyms

Acmaea zografi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
Neopilina zografi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Acmaea euglypta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897[2]

Veleropilina zografi is a Recent deep-sea (bathyal) species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc from the Atlantic Ocean. When this species was named it was thought to be a true limpet.

Original description

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In 1896, this species was described as Acmaea zografi by Philippe Dautzenberg and H. Fischer from an area near the Azores. It was at that point thought to be an archaeogastropod (i.e. a true limpet).[1]

Bouchet, Mclean & Warén (1983)[3] revealed 87 years later that this species is in fact a monoplacophoran.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Azores area.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. 1896. Dragages effectuées par i'Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice: Mollusces Gasteropodes. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 9: 395-498.
  2. ^ Deutzenberg P. & Fischer H. 1897. Dragages effectuées par i'Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice: 1888-1896. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 10: 139-234.
  3. ^ Bouchet Ph., McLean J. H. & Warén A. 1983. Monoplacophorans in the North Atlantic. Oceanologica Acta 6: 117-118.
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  • http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140567
  • Wingstrand, KG (1985). "On the anatomy and relationships of Recent Monoplacophora" (Link to free full text + plates). Galathea Report. 16: 7–94. Leiden & Copenhagen.