Lepetodrilus shannonae

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

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]

Description

Distribution

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

gollark: Okay then, backups every 30 minutes now, yay.
gollark: I'm imagining a bunch of ridiculous psionic combat spells already!
gollark: I'm going to start taking more backups. Having to manually de-revert my inventory is annoying.
gollark: You can, I think.
gollark: I have now turned it on and off again.

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.