Biology:Vema (mollusc)
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Short description: Genus of molluscs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Neopilinida |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Vema Clarke & Menzies, 1959 |
Vema is a genus of deep-sea molluscs, monoplacophorans. The genus is named after the oceanographic Research Vessel Vema.
All Vema species have six pairs of gills.[1]
Species
- Vema bacescui (Menzies, 1968)
- Vema ewingi (Clarke & Menzies, 1959)
- Vema levinae Warén, 1996
- Vema occidua B. A. Marshall, 2006
References
- ↑ Kano, Y.; Kimura, S.; Kimura, T.; Warén, A. (2012). "Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?". Zoologica Scripta 41 (5): 471–488. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q7919465 entry
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