Pyropelta ryukyuensis

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Pyropelta ryukyuensis
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P. ryukyuensis
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Pyropelta ryukyuensis
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008 [1]

Pyropelta ryukyuensis is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae. [2]

Distribution

This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Japan [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K, (2008). "A new species of Pyropelta (Gastropoda: Pyropeltidae) from hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, southwestern Japan". Journal of Molluscan Studies74(4): 309-316. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn022
  2. Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.