Pyropeltidae is a
family
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of
gastropods in the clade
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bou ...
(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
A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor at a depth greater than , in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to d ...
habitats.
[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.
Genera
Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include:
* ''
Pyropelta'' McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
References
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.
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