# Pyropelta oluae

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***Pyropelta oluae*** is a [species](/source/Species) of small [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a deep-water [limpet](/source/Limpet), a [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pyropeltidae](/source/Pyropeltidae).[2]

## Distribution

This small impet occurs at [methane seeps](/source/Methane_seep) in deep water off the [Congo River](/source/Congo_River)[1]

## References

1. Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". *Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography* **56**(23): 2326-2349. [doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013)

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