Pyropelta sibuetae
Pyropelta sibuetae is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
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| Shell of Pyropelta sibuetae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | P. sibuetae |
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| Pyropelta sibuetae Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1] | |
Distribution
This small limpet occurs at methane seeps off the Congo River[1]
References
- 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 sibuetae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
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