Pyropelta corymba
Pyropelta corymba is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae[1]
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| Species: | P. corymba |
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| Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 | |
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico.
Habitat
This small limpet occurs at hydrothermal vents and seeps[1]
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References
- Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
- McLean J.H. (1992) Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 401-414.
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