Veleropilina seisuimaruae
Appearance
Veleropilina seisuimaruae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Monoplacophora |
Order: | Neopilinida |
Family: | Neopilinidae |
Genus: | Veleropilina |
Species: | V. seisuimaruae
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Binomial name | |
Veleropilina seisuimaruae Kano, S. Kimura, T. Kimura & Warén, 2012
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Veleropilina seisuimaruae is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. A single specimen was found off the coast of Shima Peninsula of Honshu, Japan in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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