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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetodrilidae.[3]
Lepetodrilus | |
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Numerous individuals of the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus sp. partially cover the shells of Gigantopelta chessoia on the East Scotia Ridge site E2 in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic Ocean. Scale bar 10 cm. | |
Shell of Lepetodrilus fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
Genus: | Lepetodrilus McLean, 1988[1] |
Type species | |
Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988 | |
Diversity[2] | |
At least 15 described species |
A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.[4]
Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:
This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:[20]
Lepetodrilus | |
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