Lepetodrilus pustulosus

Lepetodrilus pustulosus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]

Lepetodrilus pustulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetodriloidea
Family:
Lepetodrilidae
Genus:
Lepetodrilus
Species:
L. pustulosus
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus pustulosus
McLean, 1988

Description

The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off the East Pacific Rise and the Galapagos Rift

References
  1. Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  • A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.
  • "Lepetodrilus pustulosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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