Eulepetopsis vitrea
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(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda
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Genus: | Eulepetopsis |
Species: | E. vitrea
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Eulepetopsis vitrea |
Eulepetopsis vitrea 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]
Eulepetopsis vitrea is the only species in the genus Eulepetopsis.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]It lives in the Galapagos Rift and the East Pacific Rise.[1]
Habitat
[edit]It inhabits hydrothermal vents.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Eulepetopsis vitrea McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.