Pyropelta

Pyropelta
Shell of Pyropelta ovalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Pyropeltidae
Genus:	Pyropelta McLean & Haszprunar, 1987[1]
Type species
Pyropelta musaica J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987

Pyropelta is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyropeltidae.[2]

The name Pyropelta is from the Greek; it means "fire limpet" because these small deepwater limpets live near hot hydrothermal vents and similar habitat.

Species

Species within the genus Pyropelta include:

• Pyropelta bohlei L. Beck, 1996
• Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
• Pyropelta craigsmithi (J. H. McLean, 1992)
• Pyropelta elongata S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017
• Pyropelta musaica McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
• Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009
• Pyropelta ovalis L. Beck, 2023
• Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008
• † Pyropelta seca Kiel, Hybertsen, Hyžný & Klompmaker, 2019
• Pyropelta sibuetae Warén & Bouchet, 2009
• Pyropelta wakefieldi McLean, 1992
• Pyropelta yamato Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003

References

1. McLean J. H. & Haszprunar (1987). Veliger 30(2): 197.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyropelta J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391493 on 2022-03-20

External links

• McLean J.H. & Haszprunar G. (1987). Pyropeltidae, a new family of cocculiniform limpets from hydrothermal vents. The Veliger. 30(2): 196-205