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Gigantopelta
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Gigantopelta

Gigantopelta is a genus of deep sea snails from hydrothermal vents, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Peltospiridae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gigantopelta aegis

speciesGigantopelta aegis

Southern Ocean Vent Snail

speciesGigantopelta chessoia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 827867.