Eulepetopsis vitrea

Eulepetopsis vitrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Neolepetopsidae
Genus:	Eulepetopsis; McLean, 1990
Species:	E. vitrea
Binomial name
	Eulepetopsis vitrea; McLean, 1990

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Eulepetopsis vitrea is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[2]

Eulepetopsis vitrea is the only species in the genus Eulepetopsis.^[1]

Description

Distribution

Galapagos Rift and the East Pacific Rise^[1]

Habitat

hydrothermal vents^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
^ Eulepetopsis vitrea McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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[McLean_1990-1] McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.

[WoRMS-2] Eulepetopsis vitrea McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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