Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
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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]

Description

Distribution

northeastern Pacific Ocean[1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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:TNSOTF2.0.CO;2]. abstract.
  2. Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae McLean, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.


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