Biology:Pyropelta corymba
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Pyropelta corymba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. corymba
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
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Pyropelta corymba is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico.
Habitat
This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents and seeps[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
- McLean J.H. (1992) Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 401-414.
Wikidata ☰ Q7263680 entry
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