Lepetella

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 <small>Gray, 1847</small>, but has distinct eyes. It has a taenioglossan radula with seven regular rows of teeth.

Species

Species within the genus Lepetella include:

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

References

• 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.&nbsp;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). . 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