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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: V. bacescui – V. ewingi – V. levinae – V. occidua
Name

Vema Clarke & Menzies, 1959

Type Species: 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 Paywall. Reference page.
Marshall, B.A. 2006: Four new species of Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from the New Zealand region. Molluscan research, 26: 61–68. Abstract
Schwabe, E. 2008: A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). Zootaxa, 1866: 205–222. PDF
Warén, A.; Gofas, S. 1996: A new species of Monoplacophora, redescription of the genera Veleropilina and Rokopella, and new information on three species of the class. Zoologica scripta, 25: 215–232. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00163.x Reference page.

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