Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.[2]
| Lepetella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Lepetellidae |
| Subfamily: | Lepetellinae |
| Genus: | Lepetella Verrill, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880 | |
Description
editThe small shell is smooth, oval or oblong, limpet-shaped or conical. It has a simple sub-central apex that isn't spiral. The animal resembles Lepeta Gray, 1847, but has distinct eyes. It has a taenioglossan radula with seven regular rows of teeth.[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Lepetella include:
- Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994[4]
- Lepetella clypidellaeformis (Suter, 1908)
- Lepetella espinosae Dantart & Luque, 1994[5]
- Lepetella ionica F. Nordsieck, 1973
- Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)[6]
- † Lepetella parallela (Laws, 1950)
- Lepetella postapicula Dell, 1990[7]
- Lepetella sierrai Dantart & Luque, 1994[8]
- Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880[9]
References
edit- ^ Verrill A. E. (1880). Amer. J. Sci. (3)20: 391, 396.
- ^ Lepetella Verrill, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 February 2013.
- ^ Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, The American journal of science, ser. 3 vol. 20
- ^ Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Lepetella espinosae Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Lepetella postapicula Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Lepetella sierrai Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Dantart L. & Luque A. A. (1994). Cocculiniformia and Lepetidae (Gastropoda: Archaeogastropoda) from Iberian waters. Journal of Molluscan Studies 60 (3): 277-313
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp