Pyropelta wakefieldi
| Pyropelta wakefieldi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
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| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. wakefieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyropelta wakefieldi McLean, 1992[1]
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Pyropelta wakefieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off the Juan de Fuca Ridge, NE Pacific
References[]
- ^ McLean J.H. (1992) Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 401-414. (November 1992). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Pyropelta wakefieldi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579299 on 2013-02-02
External links[]
Categories:
- Pyropeltidae
- Gastropods described in 1992
- Lepetelloidea stubs