Paralepetopsis floridensis
Appearance
Paralepetopsis floridensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Neolepetopsidae |
Genus: | Paralepetopsis |
Species: | P. floridensis
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Binomial name | |
Paralepetopsis floridensis |
Paralepetopsis floridensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Paralepetopsis floridensis is the type species in the genus Paralepetopsis.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]West of the coast of Florida between continental slope and continental rise, at the base of continental slope[1]
Habitat
[edit]Cool, hypersaline and sulphide seeps[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.