Neolepetopsis occulta

Neolepetopsis occulta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Neolepetopsis
Species:
N. occulta
Binomial name
Neolepetopsis occulta
McLean, 1990[1]

Neolepetopsis occulta is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

Description

Distribution

Green Seamount[1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485–528, plates 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
  2. ^ Neolepetopsis occulta McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.


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