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Lepeta Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 138111

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Patellogastropoda (Subclass) > Lottioidea (Superfamily) > Lepetidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776
Parent Lepetidae Gray, 1850
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Species Lepeta antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907 accepted as Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907) accepted as Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
Species Lepeta caecoides Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1851) accepted as Cryptobranchia concentrica (Middendorff, 1851)
Species Lepeta depressa Hedley, 1916 accepted as Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Species Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860 accepted as Phenacolepas puntarenae (Mörch, 1860)
Species Lepeta sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 accepted as Sagamilepeta sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138111
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Lepeta Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138111 on 2013-05-23
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