Hirtopelta

Hirtopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.^[2]

Hirtopelta
Shell of Hirtopelta hirta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Neomphalida
Superfamily:	Neomphaloidea
Family:	Peltospiridae
Genus:	Hirtopelta McLean, 1989[1]
Type species
Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989

Species

Species within the genus Hirtopelta include:

• Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989^[3]
• Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002^[4]

References

1. McLean (1989). Zool. Ser. 18(1): 60.
2. Hirtopelta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
3. Hirtopelta hirta McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
4. Hirtopelta tufari Beck, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

• 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