Lepetodrilus is a genus of small, deep-sea sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetodrilidae.
A few species have been found in methane and sulfide seeps.Shannon B. Johnson, Curtis R. Young, William J. Jones, Anders Warén and Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Migration, Isolation, and Speciation of Hydrothermal Vent Limpets (Gastropoda; Lepetodrilidae) across the Blanco Transform Fault, Biological Bulletin, Vol. 210, No. 2 (Apr., 2006), pp. 140-157
Species Species within the genus Lepetodrilus include: Lepetodrilus atlanticus Warén & Bouchet, 2001 Lepetodrilus concentricus Linse, Roterman & C. Chen, 2019 Lepetodrilus corrugatus McLean, 1993 Lepetodrilus cristatus McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus disco Lepetodrilus draco Lepetodrilus elevatus McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus fijiensis L. Beck, 2023 Lepetodrilus fucensis McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus galriftensis McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus gordensis Johnson, Young, Jones, Waren & Vrijenhoek, 2006 Lepetodrilus guaymasensis McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus japonicus Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993 Lepetodrilus marianae Lepetodrilus nux Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993 Lepetodrilus ovalis McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus pustulosus McLean, 1988 Lepetodrilus schrolli Beck, 1993 Lepetodrilus shannonae Warén & Bouchet, 2009 Lepetodrilus speratus Lepetodrilus tevnianus McLean, 1991 Lepetodrilus timidus Lepetodrilus sp. East Scotia Ridge - from hydrothermal vents in the Scotia SeaRogers A.D., Tyler P.A., Connelly D.P., Copley J.T., James R., Larter R.D., Linse K., Mills R.A., Garabato A.N., Pancost R.D., Pearce D.A., Polunin N.V., German C.R., Shank T., Boersch-Supan P.H., Alker B.J., Aquilina A., Bennett S.A., Clarke A., Dinley R.J., Graham A.G., Green D.R., Hawkes J.A., Hepburn L., Hilario A., Huvenne V.A., Marsh L., Ramirez-Llodra E., Reid W.D., Roterman C.N., Sweeting C.J., Thatje S. & Zwirglmaier K. (2012). "The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography". PLoS Biology 10(1): e1001234. .
Cladogram This cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships within Lepetodrilus, based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes based on Bayesian inference:
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