Pyropelta is a genus of small sea snails, deep-water limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyropeltidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyropelta J. H. McLean & Haszprunar, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391493 on 2022-03-20
The name Pyropelta is from the Greek; it means "fire limpet" because these small deepwater limpets live near hot hydrothermal vents and similar habitat.
Species Species within the genus Pyropelta include: Pyropelta bohlei L. Beck, 1996 Pyropelta corymba McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 Pyropelta craigsmithi (J. H. McLean, 1992) Pyropelta elongata S.Q. Zhang & S.P. Zhang, 2017 Pyropelta musaica McLean & Haszprunar, 1987 Pyropelta oluae Warén & Bouchet, 2009 Pyropelta ovalis L. Beck, 2023 Pyropelta ryukyuensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2008 † Pyropelta seca Kiel, Hybertsen, Hyžný & Klompmaker, 2019 Pyropelta sibuetae Warén & Bouchet, 2009 Pyropelta wakefieldi McLean, 1992 Pyropelta yamato Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
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McLean J.H. & Haszprunar G. (1987). Pyropeltidae, a new family of cocculiniform limpets from hydrothermal vents. The Veliger. 30(2): 196-205