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Pyropelta wakefieldi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Pyropeltidae
Genus:	Pyropelta
Species:	P. wakefieldi
Binomial name
Pyropelta wakefieldi McLean, 1992

Pyropelta wakefieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyropeltidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Juan de Fuca Ridge, NE Pacific

References

1. McLean J.H. (1992) Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 401-414. (November 1992). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pyropelta wakefieldi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579299 on 2013-02-02

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

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