Biology:Vema bacescui

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Short description: Species of monoplacophoran

Vema bacescui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Neopilinida
Family: Neopilinidae
Genus: Vema
Species:
V. bacescui
Binomial name
Vema bacescui
Menzies, 1968

Vema bacescui is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc.[1]

It is found in the Peru-Chile Trench of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. At 2.8 cm, it is relatively large for a monoplacophoran.[2]

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2020). "Vema bacescui". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343696. 
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3790317 entry