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Pseudorimula midatlantica
Shell of Pseudorimula midatlantica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Lepetodrilidae
Genus:	Pseudorimula
Species:	P. midatlantica
Binomial name
Pseudorimula midatlantica McLean, 1992

Pseudorimula midatlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps in the Snake Pit hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8.1 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1622 m. Maximum recorded depth is 3520 m.

References

1. McLean J.H. (1992) A new species of Pseudorimula (Fissurellacea: Clypeosectidae) from hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Nautilus 106(3): 115–118
2. Pseudorimula midatlantica McLean, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
3. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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

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• Lepetodrilidae
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