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Lepetellidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Lepetelloidea

Higher classification
  
Lepetelloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Scientific name
  
Lepetellidae

Rank
  
Family

Lower classifications
  
Tectisumen, Tecticrater grandis

Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). (It was in the order Cocculiniformia before).

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Taxonomy

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Lepetellinae Dall, 1882
  • Choristellinae Bouchet & Warén, 1979

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Lepetellidae include:

  • Bichoristes McLean, 1992
  • Bogia Dantart & Luque, 1994
  • Choristella Bush, 1897
  • Lepetella Verrill, 1880
  • Tecticrater Dall, 1956
  • Tectisumen Finley, 1927

    • References

    Lepetellidae Wikipedia
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