Neolepetopsis verruca
| Neolepetopsis verruca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Neolepetopsidae |
| Genus: | Neolepetopsis |
| Species: | N. verruca
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolepetopsis verruca | |
Neolepetopsis verruca 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]
Description
Distribution
East Pacific Rise near 21° N.[1]
Habitat
a sulphide chimney[1]
References
- ^ a b c McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485–528, plates 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
- ^ Neolepetopsis verruca McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.