Lepetodrilus pustulosus

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Lepetodrilus pustulosus
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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 mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]

Description[]

The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.

Distribution[]

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

References[]

  • 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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