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Lepetodrilus cristatus

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Species of gastropod

Lepetodrilus cristatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
Species: L. cristatus
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus cristatus
McLean, 1988

Lepetodrilus cristatus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps of the East Pacific Rise.

References

  1. Lepetodrilus cristatus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

Further reading

  • WarΓ©n, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.
Taxon identifiers
Lepetodrilus cristatus


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