Meanings
plural lepetopsids
- Any in the extinct family †Lepetopsidae of gastropods.
Similar partitioning of microbial food resources was observed for multiple polychaete species within the family Dorvilleidae in methane seep sediments off OR and CA [79 ], and for lepetopsid and lepetodrilid limpets at hydrothermal vents on the east Pacific Rise [80 ].
2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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