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