Helicopelta rostricola

Helicopelta rostricola is a species of deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Addisoniidae, the true limpets.[1][2]

Helicopelta rostricola
Shell of Helicopelta rostricola (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Addisoniidae
Subfamily: Helicopeltinae
Genus: Helicopelta
Species:
H. rostricola
Binomial name
Helicopelta rostricola
Marshall, 1996

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Coral Sea.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2012). Helicopelta rostricola Marshall, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458901 on 2013-02-02
  2. Marshall B. (1996). A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea). The Veliger 39(3) 250-259.


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