Osteopelta mirabilis

Osteopelta mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Osteopeltidae
Genus:	Osteopelta
Species:	O. mirabilis
Binomial name
	Osteopelta mirabilis; Marshall, 1987

Last updated September 29, 2025

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

Distribution

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

References

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.
↑ Osteopelta mirabilis Marshall, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.

External links

Bruce Marshall, Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with recent whalebones and Eocene turtle, The Nautilus v 108 (1994–1995)

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[Marshall_1987-1] 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.

[WoRMS-2] Osteopelta mirabilis Marshall, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.

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Osteopelta mirabilis

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