Neopilina
/ˌniːəʊpɪˈlʌɪnə/Zoology
noun
A genus of primitive deep-sea univalve molluscs belonging to the class Monoplacophora.
- Monoplacophorans were known only from fossils until living specimens of Neopilina were discovered in 1952..
Origin
1950s. From scientific Latin Neopilina from neo- + Pilina, name of a genus of fossil monoplacophorans, of uncertain origin (E. Koken 1925).