Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Neolepetopsidae Scientific name Paralepetopsis sasakii | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lottioidea Genus Paralepetopsis Rank Species | |
Paralepetopsis sasakii is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.
The specific name sasakii is in honor of Takenori Sasaki, the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.
Distribution
This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.
References
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