| Vema | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
 
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