| Neolepetopsis verruca | |
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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| Species: | N. verruca |
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| Neolepetopsis verruca | |
Neolepetopsis verruca is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Description
Distribution
East Pacific Rise near 21° N.[1]
Habitat
a sulphide chimney[1]
References
- 1 2 3 McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485–528, plates 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
- ↑ Neolepetopsis verruca McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
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