Gigantopelta aegis

Gigantopelta aegis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Gigantopelta
Species: G. aegis
Binomial name
Gigantopelta aegis
Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015[1]

Gigantopelta aegis is a species of deep sea snail from hydrothermal vents, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Taxonomy

It was described as a new species within new genus Gigantopelta in 2015 and it was classified within the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Distribution

This species is known from its type locality only: Longqi hydrothermal vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge, 37°47.03′S 49°38.96′E / 37.78383°S 49.64933°E / -37.78383; 49.64933.[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 4.84–44.83 mm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
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