''Pyropelta'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s, deep-water
limpet
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Pyropeltidae
Pyropeltidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Habitat
Their habitat includes hydrothermal vents and whale-fall hab ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyropelta J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391493 on 2022-03-20]
The name ''Pyropelta'' is from the
Greek
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; it means "fire limpet" because these small deepwater limpets live near hot
hydrothermal vents
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 ...
and similar habitat.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pyropelta'' include:
* ''
Pyropelta bohlei''
L. Beck, 1996
* ''
Pyropelta corymba''
McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
* ''
Pyropelta craigsmithi''
(J. H. McLean, 1992)
* ''
Pyropelta elongata''
S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017
* ''
Pyropelta musaica''
McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
* ''
Pyropelta oluae''
Warén & Bouchet, 2009
* ''
Pyropelta ryukyuensis''
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008
* ''
Pyropelta sibuetae''
Warén & Bouchet, 2009
* ''
Pyropelta wakefieldi''
McLean, 1992
* ''
Pyropelta yamato''
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
References
External links
McLean J.H. & Haszprunar G. (1987). Pyropeltidae, a new family of cocculiniform limpets from hydrothermal vents. The Veliger. 30(2): 196-205
Pyropeltidae
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