| Pyropelta oluae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. oluae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1] | |
Pyropelta oluae is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
Distribution
This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River[1]
References
- 1 2 Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
- ↑ Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
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