Hirtopelta
| Hirtopelta | |
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| Shell of Hirtopelta hirta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Hirtopelta McLean, 1989[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989 | |
Hirtopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Hirtopelta include:
- Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989[3]
- Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ McLean (1989). Zool. Ser. 18(1): 60.
- ↑ Hirtopelta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ↑ Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ↑ Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90