Pyropelta


Pyropelta is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyropeltidae.
The name Pyropelta is from the Greek; it means "fire limpet" because these small deepwater limpets live near hot hydrothermal vents and similar habitat.

Species

Species within the genus Pyropelta include:Pyropelta bohlei L. Beck, 1996Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987Pyropelta craigsmithi Pyropelta elongata S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017Pyropelta musaica McLean & Haszprunar, 1987Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009Pyropelta ovalis L. Beck, 2023Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008