Neolepetopsis densata
Species of gastropod
Neolepetopsis densata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
Family: | Neolepetopsidae |
Genus: | Neolepetopsis |
Species: | N. densata |
Binomial name | |
Neolepetopsis densata McLean, 1990[1] |
Neolepetopsis densata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Description
Distribution
East Pacific Rise near 12° N.[1]
Habitat
a sulphide chimney[1]
References
- ^ a b c McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485–528, plates 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1469–7998.1990.tb04047.x.
- ^ Neolepetopsis densata McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
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