| Veleropilina seisuimaruae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Neopilinida |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Veleropilina |
| Species: | V. seisuimaruae |
| Binomial name | |
| Veleropilina seisuimaruae Kano, S. Kimura, T. Kimura & Warén, 2012 | |
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
- ↑ 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.