Neolepetopsis gordensis

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Neolepetopsis gordensis
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N. gordensis
Binomial name
Neolepetopsis gordensis
McLean, 1990 [1]

Neolepetopsis gordensis 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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Neolepetopsis gordensis is the type species in the genus Neolepetopsis. [1]

The specific name gordensis comes from Gorda Ridge, where this species was found.

Description

Distribution

Gorda Ridge [1]

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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 gordensis McLean, 1990 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.