Vema is a genus of deep-sea molluscs, monoplacophorans. The genus is named after the oceanographic Research Vessel Vema.
| Vema | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Neopilinida |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Vema Clarke & Menzies, 1959 |
All Vema species have six pairs of gills.[1]
Species
edit- Vema bacescui (Menzies, 1968)
- Vema ewingi (Clarke & Menzies, 1959)
- Vema levinae Warén, 1996
- Vema occidua B. A. Marshall, 2006
References
edit- ^ 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.471-488&rft.date=2012&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x&rft.aulast=Kano&rft.aufirst=Y.&rft.au=Kimura, S.&rft.au=Kimura, T.&rft.au=Warén, A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Vema (mollusc)" class="Z3988">
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