Lepetella

Lepetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Lepetellidae
Subfamily:	Lepetellinae
Genus:	Lepetella; Verrill, 1880
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.

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.

Species

Species within the genus Lepetella include:

Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994
Lepetella clypidellaeformis (Suter, 1908)
Lepetella espinosae Dantart & Luque, 1994
Lepetella ionica F. Nordsieck, 1973
Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
† Lepetella parallela (Laws, 1950)
Lepetella postapicula Dell, 1990
Lepetella sierrai Dantart & Luque, 1994
Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880

References

↑ 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

External links

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

[1] Verrill A. E. (1880). Amer. J. Sci. (3)20: 391, 396.

[WoRMS-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.