Veleropilina zografi

Veleropilina zografi is a Recent deep-sea (bathyal) species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusk from the Atlantic Ocean. When this species was named it was thought to be a true limpet.

Veleropilina zografi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Monoplacophora
Order:
Tryblidiida
Superfamily:
Tryblidioidea
Family:
Neopilinidae
Genus:
Veleropilina
Species:
V. zografi
Binomial name
Veleropilina zografi
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)[1]
Synonyms

Acmaea zografi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
Neopilina zografi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Acmaea euglypta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897[2]

Original description

In 1896, this species was described as Acmaea zografi by Philippe Dautzenberg and H. Fischer from an area near the Azores. It was at that point thought to be an archaeogastropod (i.e. a true limpet).[1]

Bouchet, Mclean & Warén (1983)[3] revealed 87 years later that this species is in fact a monoplacophoran.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the Azores area.

References
  1. Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. 1896. Dragages effectuées par i'Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice: Mollusces Gasteropodes. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 9: 395-498.
  2. Deutzenberg P. & Fischer H. 1897. Dragages effectuées par i'Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice: 1888-1896. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 10: 139-234.
  3. Bouchet Ph., McLean J. H. & Warén A. 1983. Monoplacophorans in the North Atlantic. Oceanologica Acta 6: 117-118.
  • http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140567
  • Wingstrand, KG (1985). "On the anatomy and relationships of Recent Monoplacophora" (Link to free full text + plates). Galathea Report. 16: 7–94. Leiden & Copenhagen.


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