Ctenopelta porifera

Ctenopelta porifera
Shell of Ctenopelta porifera (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Neomphalida
Family:	Peltospiridae
Genus:	Ctenopelta
Species:	C. porifera
Binomial name
Ctenopelta porifera Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Ctenopelta porifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm.

Distribution

It is a pioneer species at hydrothermal vents in East Pacific Rise. ^[2]

References

1. Ctenopelta porifera Warén & Bouchet, 1993 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. "Detecting the Influence of Initial Pioneers on Succession at Deep-Sea Vents". doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0050015

• 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

External links

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231