Lepetopsidae

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Lepetopsidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lepetopsidae

McLean, 1990

Lepetopsidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the clade Patellogastropoda.

Contents

This family has no subfamilies.

Members of extant family Neolepetopsidae probably developed from Lepetopsidae. [1]

Taxonomy

Lepetopsidae belongs to superfamily Neolepetopsoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Neolepetopsoidea was synonymized with Lottioidea so Lepetopsidae was moved to superfamily Lottioidea in World Register of Marine Species. [2]

Genera

Genera within the family Lepetopsidae include:

References

  1. ↑ McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology , London 222(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. doi : 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Patellogastropoda. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382158 on 2010-04-01


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