Lepetodrilus japonicus
Lepetodrilus japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
Genus: | Lepetodrilus |
Species: | L. japonicus |
Binomial name | |
Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993 |
Lepetodrilus japonicus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231