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Pyropelta

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Pyropelta
Shell of Pyropelta ovalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pyropeltidae
Genus: Pyropelta
McLean & Haszprunar, 1987[1]
Type species
Pyropelta musaica
J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987

Pyropelta is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

The name Pyropelta is from the Greek; it means "fire limpet" because these small deepwater limpets live near hot hydrothermal vents and similar habitat.

Species

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Species within the genus Pyropelta include:

References

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  1. ^ McLean J. H. & Haszprunar (1987). Veliger 30(2): 197.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyropelta J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391493 on 2022-03-20
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