''Lepetodrilus'' is a

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of small, deep-sea

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 ...

hydrothermal vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspot ...

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...

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 ...

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s in the

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Lepetodrilidae. A few species have been found in

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and

sulfide Sulfide (British English also sulphide) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions. Solutions of sulfide salts are corrosive. ''Sulfide'' also refers to chemical compounds lar ...

seeps.

Species

Species within the genus ''Lepetodrilus'' include: * '' Lepetodrilus atlanticus'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * '' Lepetodrilus concentricus'' Linse, Roterman & C. Chen, 2019 * '' Lepetodrilus corrugatus'' McLean, 1993 * '' Lepetodrilus cristatus'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus elevatus'' McLean, 1988 * ''

Lepetodrilus fucensis ''Lepetodrilus fucensis'' is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Lepetodrilidae. Description This species grows to an average size of 10 ...

'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus galriftensis'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus gordensis'' Johnson, Young, Jones, Waren & Vrijenhoek, 2006 * '' Lepetodrilus guaymasensis'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus japonicus'' Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993 * ''

Lepetodrilus nux ''Lepetodrilus nux'' is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off Jap ...

'' Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993 * '' Lepetodrilus ovalis'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus pustulosus'' McLean, 1988 * '' Lepetodrilus schrolli'' Beck, 1993 * '' Lepetodrilus shannonae'' Warén & Bouchet, 2009 * '' Lepetodrilus tevnianus'' McLean, 1991 * ''Lepetodrilus'' sp. East Scotia Ridge - from

s in Scotia SeaRogers A.D., Tyler P.A., Connelly D.P., Copley J.T., James R., Larter R.D., Linse K., Mills R.A., Garabato A.N., Pancost R.D., Pearce D.A., Polunin N.V., German C.R., Shank T., Boersch-Supan P.H., Alker B.J., Aquilina A., Bennett S.A., Clarke A., Dinley R.J., Graham A.G., Green D.R., Hawkes J.A., Hepburn L., Hilario A., Huvenne V.A., Marsh L., Ramirez-Llodra E., Reid W.D., Roterman C.N., Sweeting C.J., Thatje S. & Zwirglmaier K. (2012). "The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography". ''PLoS Biology'' ''10''(1): e1001234. .

Cladogram

This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within ''Lepetodrilus'', based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on

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References

External links

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