Leptogyra costellata
| Leptogyra costellata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Melanodrymiidae |
| Genus: | Leptogyra |
| Species: | L. costellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptogyra costellata Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1] | |
Leptogyra costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]
References
- 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
- ↑ Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383-401. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn030.
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