Paralepetopsis sasakii

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

Paralepetopsis sasakii
Shell of Paralepetopsis sasakii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
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,^{[citation needed]} 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]