Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae

Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species: P. tunnicliffae
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae
McLean, 2008[1]

Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae 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]

Distribution

northeastern Pacific Ocean[1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents[1]

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