Neolepetopsis gordensis

Neolepetopsis gordensis
Neolepetopsis gordensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Neolepetopsis
Species: N. gordensis
Binomial name
Neolepetopsis gordensis
McLean, 1990[1]

Neolepetopsis gordensis 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]

Neolepetopsis gordensis is the type species in the genus Neolepetopsis.[1]

The specific name gordensis comes from Gorda Ridge, where this species was found.

Contents

Description

Distribution

Gorda Ridge[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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): 485-528, plates 1-12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
  2. ^ Neolepetopsis gordensis McLean, 1990.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449987 on 8 April 2010.

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