Veleropilina seisuimaruae

Veleropilina seisuimaruae is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusk. A single specimen was found off the coast of Shima Peninsula of Honshu, Japan in 2009.[1]

Veleropilina seisuimaruae
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V. seisuimaruae
Binomial name
Veleropilina seisuimaruae
Kano, S. Kimura, T. Kimura & Warén, 2012

References

  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


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