Paralepetopsis floridensis

Paralepetopsis floridensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species: P. floridensis
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis floridensis
McLean, 1990[1]

Paralepetopsis floridensis 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]

Paralepetopsis floridensis is the type species in the genus Paralepetopsis.[1]

Distribution

West of the coast of Florida between continental slope and continental rise, at the base of continental slope[1]

Habitat

cool, hypersaline and sulphide seeps[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.

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