Lepetella laterocompressa

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Lepetella laterocompressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Lepetella
Species:
L. laterocompressa
Binomial name
Lepetella laterocompressa
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cocculina clipeusThiele 1925
  • Patella laterocompressade Rayneval & Ponzi 1854 (basionym)
  • Propilidium aquitanenseLocard 1886

Lepetella laterocompressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae. [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.

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References

  1. Rayneval A. G. (de), 1854: Catalogue des fossiles du Monte Mario (près Rome), recueillis par M. le Cte de Rayneval, Mgr Van den Hecke et M. le professeur Ponzi. Versailles, impr. de Beau jeune 20 + 6 pp.
  2. Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.