Pyropelta ryukyuensis is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
Pyropelta ryukyuensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Pyropeltidae |
Genus: | Pyropelta |
Species: | P. ryukyuensis
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Binomial name | |
Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008[1]
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Distribution
editThis small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Japan[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K, (2008). "A new species of Pyropelta (Gastropoda: Pyropeltidae) from hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, southwestern Japan". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 309-316. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn022
- ^ Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.