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Lepetodrilus shannonae

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Species of gastropod

Lepetodrilus shannonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
Species: L. shannonae
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus shannonae
Warén & Bouchet, 2009

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

Description

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.

References

  1. ^ Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Lepetodrilus shannonae


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