Lepetodrilus elevatus

Lepetodrilus elevatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Lepetodrilidae
Genus:	Lepetodrilus
Species:	L. elevatus
Binomial name
	Lepetodrilus elevatus; McLean, 1988
Synonyms
	Lepetodrilus elevatus elevatusMcLean, 1988

Last updated October 04, 2025

Lepetodrilus elevatus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps of the East Pacific Rise.

References

↑ Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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

External links

Stephen Hunt, Structure and Composition of the Shell of the Archaeogastropod Limpet Lepetodrilus elevatus elevatus (Mclean 1988), Malacologia 1992 34 (1–2): 129–141

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[WoRMS-1] Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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Lepetodrilus elevatus

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