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Hirtopelta hirta
Shell of Hirtopelta hirta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Neomphalida
Family:	Peltospiridae
Genus:	Hirtopelta
Species:	H. hirta
Binomial name
Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989

Hirtopelta hirta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.5 mm.

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Distribution

It has been found living on the East Pacific Rise and the shells grow up to 12mm.

References

1. Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
2. Daniel Desbruyères; Michel Segonzac (1997). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Editions Quae. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-905434-78-4.

• McLean, J.H., 1989. New slit-limpets (Scissurellacea and Fissurellacea) from hydrothermal Vents. Part I. Systematic description and comparisons based on shell and radular characters. Contributions in Science 407: 1-29
• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90

External links

• 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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