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Pyropelta ryukyuensis

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Pyropelta ryukyuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Pyropeltidae
Genus: Pyropelta
Species:
P. ryukyuensis
Binomial name
Pyropelta ryukyuensis
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008[1]

Pyropelta ryukyuensis is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

Distribution

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This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Japan[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K, (2008). "A new species of Pyropelta (Gastropoda: Pyropeltidae) from hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, southwestern Japan". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 309-316. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn022
  2. ^ Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.