Hirtopelta hirta
Appearance
Hirtopelta hirta | |
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Shell of Hirtopelta hirta (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
Order: | Neomphalida |
Family: | Peltospiridae |
Genus: | Hirtopelta |
Species: | H. hirta
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Binomial name | |
Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989
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Hirtopelta hirta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 11.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]It has been found living on the East Pacific Rise and the shells grow up to 12mm.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Daniel Desbruyères; Michel Segonzac (1997). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Editions Quae. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-905434-78-4.
- McLean, J.H., 1989. New slit-limpets (Scissurellacea and Fissurellacea) from hydrothermal Vents. Part I. Systematic description and comparisons based on shell and radular characters. Contributions in Science 407: 1-29
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90
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