Lepetodrilus shannonae

Lepetodrilus shannonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
Species: L. shannonae
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus shannonae
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Lepetodrilus shannonae is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References

  1. 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
  2. Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.


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