Hirtopelta tufari is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae.

[2] Hirtopelta tufari lives in hot vent sites in the East Pacific Rise.

[1] The gill of Hirtopelta tufari is enlarged and there are bacterial endosymbions in the gill.

[1] Endosymbiotic bacteria provide nutrition to the snail.

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