Lepetodrilus

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Lepetodrilus
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.
Shell of Lepetodrilus fijiensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Lepetodrilus
McLean, 1988[1]
Type species
Lepetodrilus pustulosus
McLean, 1988
Diversity[2]
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.[3]

A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.[4]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include:

Cladogram[edit]

This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:[20]

Lepetodrilus

References[edit]

  1. ^ McLean J. H. (1988). "New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents; Superfamily Lepetodrilacea. I. Systematic descriptions". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 319(1192): 1-31. page 6. JSTOR.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Lepetodrilus McLean, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180907 on 2012-02-04
  3. ^ a b Lepetodrilus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  4. ^ Shannon B. Johnson, Curtis R. Young, William J. Jones, Anders Warén and Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Migration, Isolation, and Speciation of Hydrothermal Vent Limpets (Gastropoda; Lepetodrilidae) across the Blanco Transform Fault, Biological Bulletin, Vol. 210, No. 2 (Apr., 2006), pp. 140-157
  5. ^ Lepetodrilus atlanticus Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  6. ^ Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  7. ^ Lepetodrilus cristatus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  8. ^ Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  9. ^ Lepetodrilus fucensis McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  10. ^ Lepetodrilus galriftensis McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  11. ^ Lepetodrilus gordensis Johnson, Young, Jones, Waren & Vrijenhoek, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  12. ^ Lepetodrilus guaymasensis McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  13. ^ Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  14. ^ Lepetodrilus nux Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  15. ^ Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  16. ^ Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  17. ^ Lepetodrilus schrolli Beck, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  18. ^ Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  19. ^ Lepetodrilus tevnianus McLean, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  20. ^ a b Rogers A.D., Tyler P.A., Connelly D.P., Copley J.T., James R., Larter R.D., Linse K., Mills R.A., Garabato A.N., Pancost R.D., Pearce D.A., Polunin N.V., German C.R., Shank T., Boersch-Supan P.H., Alker B.J., Aquilina A., Bennett S.A., Clarke A., Dinley R.J., Graham A.G., Green D.R., Hawkes J.A., Hepburn L., Hilario A., Huvenne V.A., Marsh L., Ramirez-Llodra E., Reid W.D., Roterman C.N., Sweeting C.J., Thatje S. & Zwirglmaier K. (2012). "The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography". PLoS Biology 10(1): e1001234. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234.

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