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Gigantopelta
''Gigantopelta'' is a genus of deep sea snails from hydrothermal vents, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade NeomphalinaBouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Pel .... Species * '' Gigantopelta aegis'' Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015 * '' Gigantopelta chessoia'' Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015 References External links Peltospiridae {{Peltospiridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantopelta Chessoia
''Gigantopelta chessoia'' is a species of deep sea snail from hydrothermal vents, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae. Taxonomy The first information about this species, under the name "Peltospiroidea n. sp." or "peltospiroid gastropod", was published on 3 January 2012. Peltospiroidea is the name of a superfamily of gastropods that was used in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997). It contained the only extant family Peltospiridae (and some prehistoric gastropod families). However, the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) does not use the name Peltospiroidea (in that system, the family Peltopiridae is placed within the Neomphaloidea). It was described as a new species within new genus ''Gigantopelta'' in 2015 and it was classified within the family Peltospiridae. Distribution This species is known from two sites near hydrothermal vents in the East Scotia Ridge of the south Atlantic Ocean: from 2,394 m depth at the E9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
