Pyropelta oluae
Species of gastropod
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Pyropelta oluae is a species of small sea snail, a deep-water limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]
| Pyropelta oluae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pyropeltidae |
| Genus: | Pyropelta |
| Species: | P. oluae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropelta oluae | |
Distribution
This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River[1]