Neopilina bruuni

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Neopilina bruuni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): Monoplacophora
Class: Tergomya
Order: Tryblidiida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Neopilina
Species:
N. bruuni
Binomial name
Neopilina bruuni
Menzies, 1968

Neopilina bruuni is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. [1] It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America. [2]

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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.). "Neopilina bruuni". 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.