| Osteopelta | |
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| Shell of Osteopelta praeceps (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Osteopeltidae |
| Genus: | Osteopelta Marshall, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Osteopelta mirabilis B.A. Marshall, 1987 | |
Osteopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Osteopeltidae. [1]
Species within the genus Osteopelta include:
Osteopeltidae is a taxonomic family of small, deep water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda. These limpets feed on organic waste on the deep-sea floor; one species, Baleenopelta rotunda, feeds on decaying whale baleen.
Osteopelta ceticola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Osteopeltidae.
Osteopelta mirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Osteopeltidae.
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Planorbidella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Neomphalidae.
Depressigyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.
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Nodopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.
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Cantrainea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.
Anekes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Bruceiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
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Osteopelta praeceps is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Osteopeltidae.