Gigantopelta
Genus of gastropods
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Gigantopelta is a genus of deep sea snails from hydrothermal vents, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.[1]
| Gigantopelta | |
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| View of a number of Gigantopelta chessoia (the brown snails) partially covered by limpets Lepetodrilus sp. (the small yellow-greenish oval shapes) at the East Scotia Ridge E2 hydrothermal vent site in the Scotia Sea. The scale bar is 10 cm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Gigantopelta Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015[1] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Species
- Gigantopelta aegis Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015[1]
- Gigantopelta chessoia Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015[1]