Hirtopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.[2]

Hirtopelta
Shell of Hirtopelta hirta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Hirtopelta
McLean, 1989[1]
Type species
Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989

Species

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Species within the genus Hirtopelta include:

References

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  1. ^ McLean (1989). Zool. Ser. 18(1): 60.
  2. ^ Hirtopelta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  3. ^ Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  4. ^ Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90