Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae

Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species: P. tunnicliffae
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
McLean, 2008[1]

Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae 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]

Contents

Description

Distribution

northeastern Pacific Ocean[1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c McLean J. H. (2008). "Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific". Journal of Shellfish Research 27(1): 15-20. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF]2.0.CO;2. abstract.
  2. ^ Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae McLean, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457908 on 8 April 2010.