Pyropeltidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
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 ...
s in the clade
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, mollusks that form a very ancient lineage (evolution), lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an O ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Habitat
Their habitat includes
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 ...
s and
whale-fall habitats.
[McLean J. H. (2008)]
"Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific"
''Journal of Shellfish Research'' 27(1): 15-20.
Genera
Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include:
* ''
Pyropelta
''Pyropelta'' is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyropeltidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyropelta J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
References
Further reading
* McLean, J. H. (1992) "Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California". ''J. Mollus. Stud'' 58: 401–414.
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