Lepetodrilus pustulosus
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | L. pustulosus
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| Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988
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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[edit]
The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off the East Pacific Rise and the Galapagos Rift
References[edit]
- ^ Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.
External links[edit]
- "Lepetodrilus pustulosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.