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Taxonomy
Family:
NEOPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Neopilinidae (Family)
> Veleropilina (Genus)
> capulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rokopella Starobogatov & Moskalev, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Rokopella capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Images: Veleropilina capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Holotype, collected 20 Apr 2001, Graveyard Seamount Complex, northern edge of central Chatham Rise, NZ (M.298885). 1.17mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
NEOPILINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Monoplacophora (Class)
> Tryblidiida (Order)
> Neopilinidae (Family)
> Veleropilina (Genus)
> capulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rokopella Starobogatov & Moskalev, 1987
Synonymised Names:
=Rokopella capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Details: Veleropilina capulus B.A. Marshall, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Length 2.4mm
Distribution:
Northern edge of Chatham Rise, from 900-970m
Type Data:
  • 900-970 metres, Graveyard Seamount Complex, northern edge of central Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype)
  • 880-980 metres, Scroll Seamount, Graveyard Seamount Complex, central Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Kano, Y., Kimura, S., Kimura, T., Warén, A. 2012 Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?, Zoologica Scripta, 41 (p.475)
  • Marshall, B.A. 2006 Four new species of Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from the New Zealand region, Molluscan Research, 26(2) (p.62) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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