Pyropelta oluae

Pyropelta oluae is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

Pyropelta oluae
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P. oluae
Binomial name
Pyropelta oluae
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Distribution

This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River[1]

References

  1. Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.


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