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Veleropilina oligotropha

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Veleropilina oligotropha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Neopilinida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Veleropilina
Species:
V. oligotropha
Binomial name
Veleropilina oligotropha
Rokop, 1972

Veleropilina oligotropha is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. It is found in the Pacific Ocean to the north of Hawaii.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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