Lepetodrilus corrugatus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]
Lepetodrilus corrugatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
Genus: | Lepetodrilus |
Species: | L. corrugatus
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Binomial name | |
Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Northeast Pacific.
References
edit- ^ Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.