Gigantopelta aegis
| Gigantopelta aegis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Gigantopelta |
| Species: | G. aegis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gigantopelta aegis Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015[1] | |
Gigantopelta aegis is a species of deep sea snail from hydrothermal vents, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.[1]
Taxonomy
It was described as a new species within new genus Gigantopelta in 2015 and it was classified within the family Peltospiridae.[1]
Distribution
This species is known from its type locality only: Longqi hydrothermal vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge, 37°47.03′S 49°38.96′E / 37.78383°S 49.64933°E.[1]
Description
The width of the shell is 4.84–44.83 mm.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
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