| Veleropilina zografi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Tryblidiida |
| Superfamily: | Tryblidioidea |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Veleropilina |
| Species: | V. zografi |
| Binomial name | |
| Veleropilina zografi (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acmaea zografi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896 |
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Veleropilina zografi is a recent deep sea (bathyal) species of a monoplacophoran from Atlantic ocean.
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It have been described as Acmaea zografi by Philippe Dautzenberg and H. Fischer from area near Azores in 1896 and it was supposed to be an archaeogastropod.[1]
Bouchet, Mclean & Warén (1983)[3] revealed 87 years later that this species is a monoplacophoran.
In Atlantic Ocean in the Azores area.