Lepetopsidae is an extinct
family
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of
gastropods in the clade
Patellogastropoda
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
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This family has no subfamilies.
Members of extant family
Neolepetopsidae probably developed from Lepetopsidae.
[ 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. .]
Taxonomy
Lepetopsidae belongs to superfamily
Neolepetopsoidea according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Neolepetopsoidea was synonymized with
Lottioidea
Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.MolluscaBase (2018). Lottioidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...
so Lepetopsidae was moved to superfamily Lottioidea in
World Register of Marine Species
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[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]
Genera
Genera within the family Lepetopsidae include:
* ''
Lepetopsis''
** ''
Lepetopsis levettei'' White, 1882
References
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