Neolepetopsis densata

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Neolepetopsis densata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Neolepetopsis
Species:
N. densata
Binomial name
Neolepetopsis densata
McLean, 1990 [1]

Neolepetopsis densata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets. [2]

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Distribution

East Pacific Rise near 12° N. [1]

Habitat

a sulphide chimney [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Neolepetopsis densata McLean, 1990 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.
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