Rokopella oligotropha

Rokopella oligotropha is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc.[1] It is known from only one specimen and a shell fragment collected in the north-central Pacific Ocean.[2]

Rokopella oligotropha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): Monoplacophora
Class: Tergomya
Order: Tryblidiida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Rokopella
Species:
R. oligotropha
Binomial name
Rokopella oligotropha
Rokop, 1972

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2020). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Rokopella oligotropha". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. 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.


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