- Source: Pyropelta
Pyropelta is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyropeltidae.
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
External links
McLean J.H. & Haszprunar G. (1987). Pyropeltidae, a new family of cocculiniform limpets from hydrothermal vents. The Veliger. 30(2): 196-205