Pseudorimula midatlantica

Pseudorimula midatlantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Lepetodrilidae
Genus: Pseudorimula
Species: P. midatlantica
Binomial name
Pseudorimula midatlantica
McLean, 1992 [1]

Pseudorimula midatlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetodrilidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in hydrothermal vents and seeps in the Snake Pit hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. ↑ McLean J.H. (1992) A new species of Pseudorimula (Fissurellacea: Clypeosectidae) from hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Nautilus 106(3): 115-118
  2. ↑ Pseudorimula midatlantica McLean, 1992.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.


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