Lepetodrilus atlanticus

Lepetodrilus atlanticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
Species: L. atlanticus
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus atlanticus
Warén & Bouchet, 2001[1]

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References


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