Pyropelta wakefieldi

Pyropelta wakefieldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pyropeltidae
Genus: Pyropelta
Species:
P. wakefieldi
Binomial name
Pyropelta wakefieldi
McLean, 1992[1]

Pyropelta wakefieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Juan de Fuca Ridge, NE Pacific

References

  1. ^ McLean J.H. (1992) Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 401-414. (November 1992). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Pyropelta wakefieldi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579299 on 2013-02-02


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