Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lepetodrilidae Scientific name Lepetodrilus pustulosus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lepetodriloidea Genus Lepetodrilus Rank Species | |
Similar Lepetodrilus, Bathymodiolus thermophilus, Bathymodiolus, Siboglinidae, Giant tube worm | ||
Lepetodrilus pustulosus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.
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Description
The size of the shell reaches 6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off the East Pacific Rise and the Galapagos Rift
References
Lepetodrilus pustulosus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA