Paralepetopsis sasakii

Paralepetopsis sasakii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Neolepetopsidae
Genus:	Paralepetopsis
Species:	P. sasakii
Binomial name
	Paralepetopsis sasakii; Warén & Bouchet, 2009

Paralepetopsis sasakii is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[2]

The specific name sasakii is in honor of ,^{[citation needed]} the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.^[3]

Description[]

Distribution[]

This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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
^ Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
^ (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.

External links[]

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[Warén_2009-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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

[WoRMS-2] Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.

[3] (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.

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