Hirtopelta hirta

Hirtopelta hirta
Shell of Hirtopelta hirta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Hirtopelta
Species:
H. hirta
Binomial name
Hirtopelta hirta
McLean, 1989

Hirtopelta hirta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.5 mm.

Distribution

It has been found living on the East Pacific Rise and the shells grow up to 12mm.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ Daniel Desbruyères; Michel Segonzac (1997). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Editions Quae. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-905434-78-4.
  • McLean, J.H., 1989. New slit-limpets (Scissurellacea and Fissurellacea) from hydrothermal Vents. Part I. Systematic description and comparisons based on shell and radular characters. Contributions in Science 407: 1-29
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90


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