Pyropelta elongata is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[1][2]
| Pyropelta elongata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyropelta elongata S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in South China Sea.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pyropelta elongata S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993502 on 2019-01-26
- ^ Zhang S.Q. [Shuqian] & Zhang S.P. [Suping]. (2017). Description of Pyropelta elongata sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Pyropeltidae) from a methane seep area in the South China Sea. American Malacological Bulletin. 35(1): 51-54.