Hirtopelta tufari

Hirtopelta tufari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neomphalina
Superfamily:	Neomphaloidea
Family:	Peltospiridae
Genus:	Hirtopelta
Species:	H. tufari
Binomial name
	Hirtopelta tufari; Beck, 2002

Hirtopelta tufari is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.^[2]

Distribution

Hirtopelta tufari lives in hot vent sites in the East Pacific Rise.^[1]

Description

The gill of Hirtopelta tufari is enlarged and there are bacterial endosymbions in the gill.^[1] Endosymbiotic bacteria provide nutrition to the snail.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Beck L. A. (2002). "Hirtopelta tufari sp. n., a new gastropod species from hot vents at the East Pacific Rise (21° S) harbouring endocytosymbiotic bacteria in its gill (Gastropoda: Rhipidoglossa: Peltospiridae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 130: 249–257. abstract.
^ Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

This Peltospiridae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Beck_2002-1] Beck L. A. (2002). "Hirtopelta tufari sp. n., a new gastropod species from hot vents at the East Pacific Rise (21° S) harbouring endocytosymbiotic bacteria in its gill (Gastropoda: Rhipidoglossa: Peltospiridae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 130: 249–257. abstract.

[WoRMS-2] Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

[1]

[2]