''Lepetella'' is a
genus
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of very small deep-sea
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s or
limpets
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, limpets are a po ...
, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lepetellidae
Lepetellidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda (acc ...
.
Description
The small shell is smooth, oval or oblong, limpet-shaped or conical. It has a simple sub-central
apex
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A-Bomb
Abomination
Absorbing Man
Abraxas
Abyss
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that isn't spiral. The animal resembles ''
Lepeta
''Lepeta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lepeta'' include:
* † '' Lepeta boutillieri'' (Cossmann, 1888)
* ''Lepeta caeca'' (Müller O.F., 1776 ...
''
Gray, 1847, but has distinct eyes. It has a taenioglossan
radula
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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
* 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). . 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
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Lepetellidae
Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill
Gastropod genera