''Lepeta'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, the
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda is ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lepetidae
Lepetidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lepeta'' include:
* † ''
Lepeta boutillieri''
(Cossmann, 1888)
* ''
Lepeta caeca
''Lepeta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Lepetidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lepeta'' include:
* † ''Lepeta boutillieri'' (Cossmann, 1888)
* ''Lepeta caeca'' (M ...
''
(Müller O.F., 1776)
* ''
Lepeta concentrica''
(Middendorff, 1848)
* † ''
Lepeta duclosii''
(Deshayes, 1824)
* ''
Lepeta grandis''
(Crozier, 1966)
* ''
Lepeta kuragiensis'' (
Yokoyama, 1920)
* † ''
Lepeta scaldensis''
van Regteren Altena, 1954
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lepeta albescens''
(Philippi, 1846): synonym of ''
Iothia albescens''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''Lepeta antarctica''
E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of ''Iothia antarctica'' (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of ''
Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868) (original combination)
* ''Lepeta caecoides''
Carpenter, 1864: synonym of ''
Lepeta caeca
''Lepeta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Lepetidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lepeta'' include:
* † ''Lepeta boutillieri'' (Cossmann, 1888)
* ''Lepeta caeca'' (M ...
''
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
* ''Lepeta coppingeri''
(E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of ''
Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Lepeta costulata''
Locard, 1898: synonym of ''
Bathysciadium costulatum''
(Locard, 1898)
* ''Lepeta depressa''
Hedley, 1916: synonym of ''
Nacella concinna''
(Strebel, 1908)
* ''Lepeta lima''
Dall, 1918: synonym of ''
Limalepeta lima''
(Dall, 1918)
* ''Lepeta puntarenae''
Mörch, 1860: synonym of ''
Phenacolepas puntarenae''
(Mörch, 1860) (original combination)
* ''Lepeta sagamiensis''
Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of ''
Sagamilepeta sagamiensis''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971) (original combination)
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp
Lepetidae
Gastropod genera
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