Shinkailepas myojinensis
| Shinkailepas myojinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Phenacolepadidae |
| Genus: | Shinkailepas |
| Species: | S. myojinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Shinkailepas myojinensis | |
Shinkailepas myojinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phenacolepadidae. It is found in the Northwest Pacific inside hydrothermal vents. It survives by grazing on chemosynthetic bacterial mats while its larvae migrate to the surface to feed. [2]
References
- ↑ Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura. 2003. Veliger 46 (3): 189–211. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 05/04/10.
- ↑ Shinkailepas myojinensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.