Lepetodrilus
| Lepetodrilus | |
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| Numerous individuals of the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus sp. partially cover the shells of Gigantopelta chessoia on the East Scotia Ridge site E2 in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic Ocean. Scale bar 10 cm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lepetodriloidea |
| Family: | Lepetodrilidae |
| Genus: |
Lepetodrilus McLean, 1988 |
| Diversity | |
| At least 15 described species | |
Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetodrilidae.
A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.
Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:
This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:
Lepetodrilus sp. East Scotia Ridge
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