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Neolepetopsis occulta
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N. occulta
Binomial name
Neolepetopsis occulta
McLean, 1990 [1]

Neolepetopsis occulta 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

Green Seamount [1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents [1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Neolepetopsis occulta McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.