Hirtopelta hirta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.[1]
| Hirtopelta hirta | |
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| Shell of Hirtopelta hirta (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
| Order: | Neomphalida |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Hirtopelta |
| Species: | H. hirta
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11.5 mm.
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Distribution
editIt has been found living on the East Pacific Rise and the shells grow up to 12mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Daniel Desbruyères; Michel Segonzac (1997). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Editions Quae. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-905434-78-4.
- McLean, J.H., 1989. New slit-limpets (Scissurellacea and Fissurellacea) from hydrothermal Vents. Part I. Systematic description and comparisons based on shell and radular characters. Contributions in Science 407: 1-29
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90
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