''Veleropilina'' is a living genus of
monoplacophoran
Shell of Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora , meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of molluscs with a cap-like shell, inhabiting deep sea environments. Extant representatives were not recognized as such until 1952; previously they were ...
, once described as a
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...
, and is known from fossil deposits.
Species
* ''
Veleropilina brummeri''
(Goud & Gittenberger, 1993)
* ''
Veleropilina capulus''
(B. A. Marshall, 2006)
* ''
Veleropilina euglypta''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
* ''
Veleropilina goesi''
(Warén, 1988)
* ''
Veleropilina oligotropha''
(Rokop, 1972)
* ''
Veleropilina reticulata''
(Seguenza, 1876)
* ''
Veleropilina segonzaci''
(Warén & Bouchet, 2001)
* ''
Veleropilina seisuimaruae''
Kano, S. Kimura, T. Kimura & Warén, 2012
* ''
Veleropilina veleronis''
(Menzies & Layton, 1963)
* ''
Veleropilina zografi''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
References
Monoplacophora
Mollusc genera
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