Lepetella

Lepetella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.[2]

Description

The 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

Species within the genus Lepetella include:

References

  1. ^ Verrill A. E. (1880). Amer. J. Sci. (3)20: 391, 396.
  2. ^ Lepetella Verrill, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  5. ^ Lepetella espinosae Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  6. ^ Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  7. ^ Lepetella postapicula Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  8. ^ Lepetella sierrai Dantart & Luque, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  9. ^ Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
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