Vema ewingi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tryblidiida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Monoplacophora Subclassis: Tergomya Ordo: Tryblidiida

Familia: Neopilinidae
Genus: Vema
Species: Vema ewingi

Name

Vema ewingi Clarke & Menzies, 1959

Type locality: southeastern Pacific, off Peru, northern end of the Peru-Chile Trench, 07º30'S, 81º25'W, depht 5841-5854 m.

Synonymy

• Neopilina (Vema) ewingi Clarke & Menzies, 1959

References

• Clarke, A.H., Jr. & Menzies, R.J. 1959. Neopilina (Vema) ewingi, a second living species of the Paleozoic class Monoplacophora. Science 129(3355): 1026–1027. DOI: 10.1126/science.129.3355.1026.b . Reference page. 
• Schwabe, E. 2008. A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). Zootaxa 1866: 205–222. PDF Reference page.