Paralepetopsis sasakii

Paralepetopsis sasakii 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 sasakii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Neolepetopsidae
Genus:
Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. sasakii
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis sasakii
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

The specific name sasakii is in honor of Takenori Sasaki, the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.[3]

Distribution

This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References
  1. Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  3. (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.


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