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

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

Description

The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.

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Distribution

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

References

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

• A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.

External links

• "Lepetodrilus pustulosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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