The genus Pyropelta McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 is exclusively restricted to deep-sea chemosynthesis-based environments, that range from the Western and Eastern Pacific to West Africa. In the present study, a new species, Pyropelta elongata sp. nov., collected from a methane seep area in South China Sea is described and illustrated. The generic assignation is mainly based on shell and radula characters. Pyropelta elongata sp. nov. is characterized by relatively large, elongate shell with a low profile and has a radula formula of (ca. 20) 5 1 5 (ca. 20). These features can distinguish the new species from other congeners.
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1 May 2017
Description of Pyropelta elongata sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Pyropeltidae) from a Methane Seep Area in the South China Sea.
Shuqian Zhang,
Suping Zhang
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American Malacological Bulletin
Vol. 35 • No. 1
May 2017
Vol. 35 • No. 1
May 2017
cold seep
Lepetelloidea
new species
radula
Vetigastropoda