Veleropilina zografi
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Veleropilina zografi is a recent deep sea
(bathyal) species of a monoplacophora
n from Atlantic ocean.
and H. Fischer from area near Azores
in 1896 and it was supposed to be an archaeogastropod.
Bouchet, Mclean & Warén (1983) revealed 87 years later that this species is a monoplacophoran.
Deep sea
The deep sea, or deep layer, is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline and above the seabed, at a depth of 1000 fathoms or more. Little or no light penetrates this part of the ocean and most of the organisms that live there rely for subsistence on falling organic matter...
(bathyal) species of a monoplacophora
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora, meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of mollusks with a cap-like shell, living on the bottom of deep sea. Extant representatives were unknown until 1952; previously they were known only from the fossil record.- Definition :...
n from Atlantic ocean.
Original description
It have been described as Acmaea zografi by Philippe DautzenbergPhilippe Dautzenberg
Philippe Dautzenberg was a Belgian malacologist, in other words, he was a biologist who specialized in the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with mollusks...
and H. Fischer from area near Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
in 1896 and it was supposed to be an archaeogastropod.
Bouchet, Mclean & Warén (1983) revealed 87 years later that this species is a monoplacophoran.
External links
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140567 Leiden & Copenhagen.