Paralepetopsis floridensis

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Paralepetopsis floridensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. floridensis
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis floridensis
McLean, 1990 [1]

Paralepetopsis floridensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets. [2]

Contents

Paralepetopsis floridensis is the type species in the genus Paralepetopsis. [1]

Description

Distribution

West of the coast of Florida between continental slope and continental rise, at the base of continental slope [1]

Habitat

Cool, hypersaline and sulphide seeps [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.