Lepetodrilus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetodrilidae.[3]

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Lepetodrilus
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.
Shell of Lepetodrilus fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:

Cladogram

This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:[20]

Lepetodrilus

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