Gigantopelta aegis
| Gigantopelta aegis | |
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| Aggregation of Gigantopelta aegis with other animals, such as scaly-foot gastropods (black snails). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Peltospiridae |
| Genus: | Gigantopelta |
| Species: | G. aegis |
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Gigantopelta aegis Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & Rogers, 2015 |
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Gigantopelta aegis is a species of deep sea snail from hydrothermal vents, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.
It was described as a new species within new genus Gigantopelta in 2015 and it was classified within the family Peltospiridae.
This species is known from its type locality only: Longqi hydrothermal vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge, 37°47.03′S 49°38.96′E / 37.78383°S 49.64933°E.
The width of the shell is 4.84–44.83 mm. Valeues of δ13C were −26.42‰ ± 0.67.
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