Pyropeltidae | |
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Pyropelta sibuetae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
Family: | Pyropeltidae McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 |
Pyropeltidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Their habitat includes hydrothermal vents and whale-fall habitats. [1]
Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include: