Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae

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Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. tunnicliffae
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
McLean, 2008 [1]

Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae 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

Description

Distribution

Northeastern Pacific Ocean [1]

Habitat

Hydrothermal vents [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 McLean J. H. (2008). "Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific". Journal of Shellfish Research27(1): 15–20. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF2.0.CO;2]. abstract.
  2. Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae McLean, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.