Iphinopsis boucheti

Iphinopsis boucheti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Iphinopsis
Species: I. boucheti
Binomial name
Iphinopsis boucheti
Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004[1]

Iphinopsis boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

The specific name boucheti is in honor of French malacologist Philippe Bouchet.[1]

Distribution

Map of southern part of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) showing location of the Kairei hydrothermal vent site.

The type locality is the Kairei hydrothermal vent site on the Central Indian Ridge, just north of the Rodrigues Triple Point.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Okutani T., Hashimoto J. & Sasaki T. (2004). "New gastropod taxa from a hydrothermal vent (Kairei Field) in the central Indian Ocean". Venus 63(1-2): 1-10 PDF.
  2. Iphinopsis boucheti Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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