Pyropelta ryukyuensis
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | P. ryukyuensis
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| Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008[1]
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Pyropelta ryukyuensis is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
Distribution[]
This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Japan[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K, (2008). "A new species of Pyropelta (Gastropoda: Pyropeltidae) from hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, southwestern Japan". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 309-316. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn022
- ^ Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
Categories:
- Pyropeltidae
- Gastropods described in 2008
- Lepetelloidea stubs