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]
| Lepetellidae | |
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| Choristella tenera (A. E. Verrill, 1882); family Lepetellidae; off New England | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Lepetellidae Dall, 1882 |
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Taxonomy
editThis 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
editGenera 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
edit- ^ 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