Lepetellidae
Appearance
Lepetellidae | |
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Choristella tenera (A. E. Verrill, 1882); family Lepetellidae; off New England | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
Family: | Lepetellidae Dall, 1882 |
Genera | |
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Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). (It was in the order Cocculiniformia before).[1]
Taxonomy
This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Lepetellinae Dall, 1882
- Choristellinae Bouchet & Warén, 1979
Genera
Genera within the family Lepetellidae include:[2][3]
- Bichoristes McLean, 1992
- Bogia Dantart & Luque, 1994
- Choristella Bush, 1897
- Lepetella Verrill, 1880
- Tecticrater Dall, 1956
- Tectisumen Finley, 1927
References
- ^ Gofas, S. (2012). Lepetellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13699 on 2013-02-12
- ^ "Lepetellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1