Laevipilina antarctica is a species of monoplacophoran,[1] a superficially limpet-like marine mollusk.[2] It is found in the Weddell Sea and the Lazarev Sea of Antarctica.[3]
Laevipilina antarctica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Monoplacophora |
Order: | Neopilinida |
Family: | Neopilinidae |
Genus: | Laevipilina |
Species: | L. antarctica
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Binomial name | |
Laevipilina antarctica Warén & Hain, 1992
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In 2006, a molecular study on Laevipilina antarctica suggested that extant Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora form a well-supported clade with the researched Neopilina closest to the chitons.[4] The two classes in this new clade, with the proposed name Serialia, all show a variable number of serially repeated gills and eight sets of dorsoventral pedal retractor muscles.