Lepetodrilus ovalis

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

Last updated August 24, 2025

Lepetodrilus ovalis is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

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

References

↑ Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
↑ McLean, J. H. (1988-05-04). "New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents; superfamily lepetodrilacea I. Systematic descriptions". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 319 (1192): 14. Bibcode:1988RSPTB.319....1M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1988.0031. ISSN 0080-4622.

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

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

[2] McLean, J. H. (1988-05-04). "New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents; superfamily lepetodrilacea I. Systematic descriptions". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 319 (1192): 14. Bibcode:1988RSPTB.319....1M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1988.0031. ISSN 0080-4622.

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