| Paralepetopsis sasakii | |
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| Shell of Paralepetopsis sasakii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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| Species: | P. sasakii |
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| Paralepetopsis sasakii | |
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]
Description
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
- ↑ 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.
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