Osteopelta mirabilis

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Osteopelta mirabilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Osteopeltidae
Genus: Osteopelta
Species:
O. mirabilis
Binomial name
Osteopelta mirabilis
Marshall, 1987 [1]

Osteopelta mirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Osteopeltidae. [2]

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Description

Distribution

Chatham Rise and off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marshall B. A.(1987). "Osteopeltidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda): A new family of limpets associated with whalebone in the deep-sea". Journal of Molluscan Studies53(2): 121–127. doi:10.1093/mollus/53.2.121.
  2. Osteopelta mirabilis Marshall, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.