Paralepetopsis sasakii

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Paralepetopsis sasakii
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Shell of Paralepetopsis sasakii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. sasakii
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis sasakii
Warén & Bouchet, 2009 [1]

Paralepetopsis sasakii 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

The specific name sasakii is in honor of Takenori Sasaki,[ citation needed ] the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo. [3]

Description

Distribution

This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. ↑ Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.
  3. ↑ (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.


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