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Lepetodrilus ovalis

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Species of gastropod

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

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

Description

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Distribution

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

References

  1. Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  2. McLean, J. H. (1988-05-04). "New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents; superfamily lepetodrilacea I. Systematic descriptions". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 319 (1192): 14. Bibcode:1988RSPTB.319....1M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1988.0031. ISSN 0080-4622.
  • Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.
Taxon identifiers
Lepetodrilus ovalis


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