Lepetellidae

Family of gastropods

Lepetellidae
Choristella tenera (A. E. Verrill, 1882); family Lepetellidae; off New England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetelloidea
Family:
Lepetellidae

Dall, 1882
Genera

See text

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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Lepetellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Taxon identifiers
Lepetellidae


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