Vema bacescui
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| Vema bacescui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Neopilinida |
| Family: | Neopilinidae |
| Genus: | Vema |
| Species: | V. bacescui |
| Binomial name | |
| Vema bacescui Menzies, 1968 | |
Vema bacescui is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc.[1]
It is found in the Peru-Chile Trench of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. At 2.8 cm, it is relatively large for a monoplacophoran.[2]
