Pyropeltidae

Pyropeltidae
Pyropelta sibuetae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Pyropeltidae McLean & Haszprunar, 1987

Pyropeltidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies.

Habitat

Their habitat includes hydrothermal vents and whale-fall habitats.[1]

Genera

Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include:

• Pyropelta McLean & Haszprunar, 1987

References

1. McLean J. H. (2008). "Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific". Journal of Shellfish Research 27(1): 15-20. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF2.0.CO;2]

Further reading

• McLean, J. H. (1992) "Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California". J. Mollus. Stud 58: 401–414.