Paralepetopsis sasakii
| Paralepetopsis sasakii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Neolepetopsidae |
| Genus: | Paralepetopsis |
| Species: | P. sasakii |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1] | |
Paralepetopsis sasakii 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]
The specific name sasakii is in honor of Takenori Sasaki, the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.[3]
Distribution
This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ↑ (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.