Neolepetopsis_gordensis

<i>Neolepetopsis gordensis</i>

Neolepetopsis gordensis

Species of gastropod

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]

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

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

Description

Distribution

Gorda Ridge[1]

References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Neolepetopsis gordensis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.


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