Pyropelta yamato
Pyropelta yamato is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | P. yamato |
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| Pyropelta yamato Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003[1] | |
Habitat
This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents and seeps[2]
References
- Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura. (2003). Veliger 46(3): 189-210. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- Pyropelta yamato Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
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