{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pyropelta sibuetae (MNHN-IM-2000-20044).jpeg | image_caption = ''Pyropelta sibuetae'' | taxon = Pyropeltidae | authority = McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = }}
'''Pyropeltidae''' is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
== Habitat == Their habitat includes hydrothermal vents and whale-fall habitats.<ref name="McLean2008">McLean J. H. (2008). [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27%5B15:TNSOTF%5D2.0.CO%3B2 "Three New Species of the Family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from Hydrothermal Vents and Whale Falls in the Northeastern Pacific"]. ''Journal of Shellfish Research'' '''27'''(1): 15-20. {{doi|10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[15:TNSOTF]2.0.CO;2}}</ref>
== Genera == Genera in the family Pyropeltidae include: * ''Pyropelta'' McLean & Haszprunar, 1987
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== Further reading == * McLean, J. H. (1992) "Cocculiniform limpets (Cocculinidae and Pyropeltidae) living on whale bone in the deep sea off California". ''J. Mollus. Stud'' '''58''': 401–414.
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Category:Pyropeltidae Category:Monogeneric gastropod families Category:Taxa named by James Hamilton McLean
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