Lepetodrilus
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| Lepetodrilus | |
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| Numerous individuals of the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus sp. partially cover the shells of Gigantopelta chessoia on the East Scotia Ridge site E2 in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic Ocean. Scale bar 10 cm. | |
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| Shell of Lepetodrilus fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
| Genus: | Lepetodrilus McLean, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988 | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| At least 15 described species | |
Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetodrilidae.[3]
A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.[4]
Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:
- Lepetodrilus atlanticus Warén & Bouchet, 2001[5]
- Lepetodrilus concentricus Linse, Roterman & C. Chen, 2019
- Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993[6]
- Lepetodrilus cristatus McLean, 1988[7]
- Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988[8]
- Lepetodrilus fijiensis L. Beck, 2023
- Lepetodrilus fucensis McLean, 1988[9]
- Lepetodrilus galriftensis McLean, 1988[10]
- Lepetodrilus gordensis Johnson, Young, Jones, Waren & Vrijenhoek, 2006[11]
- Lepetodrilus guaymasensis McLean, 1988[12]
- Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993[13]
- Lepetodrilus nux Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993[14]
- Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988[15]
- Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988[16]
- Lepetodrilus schrolli Beck, 1993[17]
- Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009[18]
- Lepetodrilus tevnianus McLean, 1991[19]
- Lepetodrilus sp. East Scotia Ridge - from hydrothermal vents in Scotia Sea[20]
