Biology:Lepetodrilus guaymasensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Lepetodrilus guaymasensis
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L. guaymasensis
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus guaymasensis
McLean, 1988

Lepetodrilus guaymasensis is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps in the Guaymas Transform Ridge, off Southern Baja California.

References

  • Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.

Wikidata ☰ Q6527380 entry