Osteopelta mirabilis

Osteopelta mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Osteopeltidae
Genus: Osteopelta
Species: O. mirabilis
Binomial name
Osteopelta mirabilis
Marshall, 1987[1]

Osteopelta mirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Osteopeltidae.[2]

Distribution

Chatham Rise and off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall B. A.(1987). "Osteopeltidae (Mollusca:Gastropoda): A new family of limpets associated with whalebone in the deep-sea". Journal of Molluscan Studies 53(2): 121-127. doi:10.1093/mollus/53.2.121.
  2. Osteopelta mirabilis Marshall, 1987.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.


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