| Pyropeltidae | |
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| Pyropelta sibuetae | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Family: | Pyropeltidae McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
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Pyropeltidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Habitat[edit]
Their habitat includes hydrothermal vents and whale-fall habitats.[1]
Genera[edit]
Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include:
- Pyropelta McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
References[edit]
- ^ McLean J. H. (2008). "Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific". Journal of Shellfish Research 27(1): 15-20. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF2.0.CO;2]
Further reading[edit]
- McLean, J. H. (1992) "Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California". J. Mollus. Stud 58: 401–414.