# Pyropeltidae

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{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pyropelta sibuetae (MNHN-IM-2000-20044).jpeg
| image_caption = ''Pyropelta sibuetae''
| taxon = Pyropeltidae
| authority = [McLean](/source/James_Hamilton_McLean) & [Haszprunar](/source/Gerhard_Haszprunar), 1987
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
}}

'''Pyropeltidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [gastropod](/source/gastropod)s in the clade [Vetigastropoda](/source/Vetigastropoda) (according to the [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005))).

This family has no subfamilies.

== Habitat ==
Their habitat includes [hydrothermal vent](/source/hydrothermal_vent)s and [whale-fall](/source/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](/source/Pyropelta)'' McLean & Haszprunar, 1987

== References ==
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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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