Lepetodrilus pustulosus
Lepetodrilus pustulosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
Genus: | Lepetodrilus |
Species: | L. pustulosus |
Binomial name | |
Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988 |
Lepetodrilus pustulosus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off the East Pacific Rise and the Galapagos Rift
References
[edit]- ^ Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.
External links
[edit]- "Lepetodrilus pustulosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.