Veleropilina

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Veleropilina
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent [1]
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Veleropilina oligotropha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): Monoplacophora
Class: Tergomya
Order: Tryblidiida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Veleropilina
Starobogatov & Moskalev, 1987

Veleropilina is a living genus of monoplacophoran, once described as a limpet, and is known from fossil deposits. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Waren, A.; Gofas, S. (1996). "A new species of Monoplacophora, redescription of the genera Veleropilina and Rokopella, and new information on three species of the class". Zoologica Scripta. 25 (3): 215. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00163.x.