Neolepton

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Neolepton
Neolepton veneris (MNHN-IM-2000-27087).jpeg
Shell of Neolepton veneris (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Neoleptonidae
Genus: Neolepton
Monterosato, 1875
Type species
Lepton sulcatulumJeffreys, 1859
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Davisia Cooper & Preston, 1910 (invalid: junior homonym of Davisia del Guercio, 1909 [Hemiptera]; Neodavisia is a replacement name)
  • HalodakraOlsson, 1961
  • NeodavisiaChavan, 1969
  • Neolepton (Neolepton)Monterosato, 1875· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neolepton (Stohleria)Coan, 1984· accepted, alternate representation
  • NotoleptonFinlay, 1926
  • StohleriaCoan, 1984

Neolepton is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Neoleptonidae.

Species in the genus Neolepton

Species Neolepton obliquatum Chaster, 1897 was accepted as Coracuta obliquata (Chaster, 1897).

Species Neolepton sykesi (Chaster, 1895) accepted as Arculus sykesii (Chaster, 1895).

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