Biology:Pyropelta sibuetae

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Pyropelta sibuetae
Pyropelta sibuetae (MNHN-IM-2000-20044).jpeg
Shell of Pyropelta sibuetae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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P. sibuetae
Binomial name
Pyropelta sibuetae
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Pyropelta sibuetae is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

Distribution

This small limpet occurs at methane seeps off the Congo River[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Pyropelta sibuetae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q7263685 entry