Paralepetopsis sasakii

Paralepetopsis sasakii
Shell of Paralepetopsis sasakii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

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

Distribution

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

References

1. 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.