Laevipilina antarctica Warén & Hain, 1992

Schwabe, Enrico, 2008, A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca) *, Zootaxa 1866, pp. 205-222 : 207

Laevipilina antarctica Warén & Hain, 1992

Laevipilina antarctica Warén & Hain 1992: 167 , figs 2–5, 6–8, 10–16, 19, 27.

This species, originally described from the Weddell and Lazarev seas, Antarctica , had a bathymetric range from 210–644 m ( Warén & Hain 1992). Recent additional reports by Schrödl et al. (2006) include a first abyssal record for this species. The abyssal specimen comes from soft bottom terraces 3 km to the SW edge of the Wegener Canyon (70°38.46’S, 14°42.87’W – 70°39.19’S, 14°43.44’W), Weddell Sea, where it was collected at 3102–3136 m depth.

This was not only a considerably range extension but also the first indication that this genus is found at abyssal depths.

Genus Monoplacophorus Moskalev, Starobogatov & Filatova, 1983

Type species: Monoplacophorus zenkevitchi Moskalev, Starobogatov & Filatova, 1983 , by original designation.