What is "vema"

Vema may refer to:

• Prolaya Vema Reddy, the first king of the Reddy dynasty in Andhra Pradesh, India
• A Greek pace (unit of length)
• Research Vessel Vema, a research ship of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used by J. Lamar Worzel and Marie Tharp, and some ocean phenomena discovered using it:
  • Vema (genus), a genus of Monoplacophoran molluscs
  • The Vema Seamount, a seamount in the South Atlantic Ocean at 31°38' S 8°20' E.
  • The Vema hotspot, a hotspot (geology)

Vema is a genus of deep-sea mollusks, monoplacophorans. The genus is named after the oceanographic Research Vessel Vema.