Image of Ctenopelta Warén & Bouchet 1993
Description:
This is the largest peltospirid protoconch we have found at EPR. Lineate sculpture, narrowly spaced, covers the posterior half of the protoconch. The anterior portion is smooth. The aperture is deeply sinuous, unlike all other peltospirids we have found.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Neomphaloidea
- Peltospiridae
- Ctenopelta
- Ctenopelta porifera
- Neomphalina
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Source Information
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- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- photographer
- Stace Beaulieu
- original
- original media file
- partner site
- Larvae of Hydrothermal Vents
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