Hirtopelta tufari
| Hirtopelta tufari | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
| Order: | Neomphalida |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Hirtopelta |
| Species: | H. tufari
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002[1]
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Hirtopelta tufari is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Hirtopelta tufari lives in hot vent sites in the East Pacific Rise.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.