Paralepetopsis clementensis

Paralepetopsis clementensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

Paralepetopsis clementensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Neolepetopsidae
Genus:
Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. clementensis
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis clementensis
McLean, 2008[1]

Distribution

northeastern Pacific Ocean[1]

Habitat

whale bone[1]

References
  1. 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. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF]2.0.CO;2. abstract.
  2. Paralepetopsis clementensis McLean, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
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