Lepetodrilus elevatus

Lepetodrilus elevatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
Species: L. elevatus
Binomial name
Lepetodrilus elevatus
McLean, 1988
Synonyms

Lepetodrilus elevatus elevatus McLean, 1988

Lepetodrilus elevatus is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps of the East Pacific Rise.

References


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