''Rhynchopelta'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Peltospiridae Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Pe ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Rhynchopelta'' include: * '' Rhynchopelta concentrica'' McLean, 1989 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Rhynchopelta nux'' Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993: synonym of ''

Lepetodrilus nux ''Lepetodrilus nux'' is a species of small, deep-sea sea snail, a hydrothermal vent limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetodrilidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps off Jap ...

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References

Peltospiridae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Peltospiridae-stub