Ctenopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Ctenopelta
Shell of Ctenopelta porifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Ctenopelta
Warén & Bouchet, 1993
Type species
Ctenopelta porifera Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Species edit

Species within the genus Ctenopelta include:

References edit

  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.