Hirtopelta tufari L. Beck 2002 articles

Hirtopelta tufari

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Hirtopelta tufari is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.^[2]

Distribution

Hirtopelta tufari lives in hot vent sites in the East Pacific Rise.^[1]

Description

The gill of Hirtopelta tufari is enlarged and there are bacterial endosymbions in the gill.^[1] Endosymbiotic bacteria provide nutrition to the snail.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Beck L. A. (2002). "Hirtopelta tufari sp. n., a new gastropod species from hot vents at the East Pacific Rise (21° S) harbouring endocytosymbiotic bacteria in its gill (Gastropoda: Rhipidoglossa: Peltospiridae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 130: 249–257. abstract.
^ Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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Hirtopelta tufari: Brief Summary

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Hirtopelta tufari is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.

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Habitat

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hydrothermal vents and seeps

Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231

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