Paralepetopsis floridensis | |
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(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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Species: | P. floridensis |
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Paralepetopsis floridensis | |
Paralepetopsis floridensis 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]
Paralepetopsis floridensis is the type species in the genus Paralepetopsis.[1]
Description
Distribution
West of the coast of Florida between continental slope and continental rise, at the base of continental slope[1]
Habitat
cool, hypersaline and sulphide seeps[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485โ528, plates 1โ12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
- โ Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
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