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Paralepetopsis floridensis

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Paralepetopsis floridensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. floridensis
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis floridensis
McLean, 1990[1]

Paralepetopsis floridensis 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 floridensis is the type species in the genus Paralepetopsis.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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West of the coast of Florida between continental slope and continental rise, at the base of continental slope[1]

Habitat

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Cool, hypersaline and sulphide seeps[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.