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Peltospira gargantua C. Chen, Pradillon, Diaz-Recio & Alfaro-Lucas, 2025
1817016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1817016)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Chen, C.; Pradillon, F.; Diaz-Recio Lorenzo, C.; Alfaro-Lucas, J. M. (2025). Integrative taxonomy of two new peltospirid gastropods from Mid-Atlantic Ridge hot vents, including a potentially symbiotic species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(2): zlaf055., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf055
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Type locality contained in Mid-Atlantic Ridge
, Note On black smoker chimneys of Hydra hydrothermal...
type locality contained in Mid-Atlantic Ridge [details]
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Type locality On black smoker chimneys of Hydra hydrothermal vent field (24.96°N, 45.57°W; ~3750 m deep) on the Grappe Deux non-transform offset, MAR. [details]
Etymology From Gargantua, a giant king depicted in the French writer François Rabelais’ novel series The Five Books of the Lives...
Etymology From Gargantua, a giant king depicted in the French writer François Rabelais’ novel series The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel) (Rabelais 1534). The word Gargantua has since been used to mean ‘huge’ or ‘immense’, as exemplified by the English adjective gargantuan. Thus, the species name refers to the very large size of the new species in relationship to other known congeners. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Peltospira gargantua C. Chen, Pradillon, Diaz-Recio & Alfaro-Lucas, 2025. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1817016 on 2025-09-11
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Chen, C.; Pradillon, F.; Diaz-Recio Lorenzo, C.; Alfaro-Lucas, J. M. (2025). Integrative taxonomy of two new peltospirid gastropods from Mid-Atlantic Ridge hot vents, including a potentially symbiotic species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(2): zlaf055., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf055
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Etymology From Gargantua, a giant king depicted in the French writer François Rabelais’ novel series The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel) (Rabelais 1534). The word Gargantua has since been used to mean ‘huge’ or ‘immense’, as exemplified by the English adjective gargantuan. Thus, the species name refers to the very large size of the new species in relationship to other known congeners. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]Type locality On black smoker chimneys of Hydra hydrothermal vent field (24.96°N, 45.57°W; ~3750 m deep) on the Grappe Deux non-transform offset, MAR. [details]
