''Hirtopelta'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Peltospiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hirtopelta'' include:
* ''
Hirtopelta hirta'' McLean, 1989
* ''
Hirtopelta tufari
''Hirtopelta tufari'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Peltospiridae.
Distribution
''Hirtopelta tufari'' lives in hot vent sites in the East Pacific Rise.
Description
The gill of ''Hirtopel ...
'' Beck, 2002
References
* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90
Peltospiridae
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