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Lepetodrilus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Lepetodrilidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Lepetodriloidea

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Bathymodiolus thermophilus, Bathymodiolus, Lepetodrilus sp East Scotia Ri, Phymorhynchus, Provanna

Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetodrilidae.

Contents

A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.

Species

Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:

  • Lepetodrilus atlanticus Warén & Bouchet, 2001
  • Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993
  • Lepetodrilus cristatus McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus fucensis McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus galriftensis McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus gordensis Johnson, Young, Jones, Waren & Vrijenhoek, 2006
  • Lepetodrilus guaymasensis McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
  • Lepetodrilus nux Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
  • Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988
  • Lepetodrilus schrolli Beck, 1993
  • Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009
  • Lepetodrilus tevnianus McLean, 1991
  • Lepetodrilus sp. East Scotia Ridge - from hydrothermal vents in Scotia Sea

    • Cladogram

    This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:

    References

    Lepetodrilus Wikipedia
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