Adenopilina adenensis is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc.[1] It is known from only one specimen collected from a depth of 3000–4000 metres in the Alula-Fartak Trench of the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Yemen.[2]

Adenopilina adenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Tryblidiida
Genus: Adenopilina
Species:
A. adenensis
Binomial name
Adenopilina adenensis
Tebble, 1967

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2020). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Adenopilina adenensis". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Schwabe, Enrico (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). In: Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (Eds) (2008) Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa, 1866, 1–574.