Pyropelta ryukyuensis
| Pyropelta ryukyuensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. ryukyuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| 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[edit]
This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Japan[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.