WoRMS taxon details
Lepton Turton, 1822
AphiaID: 138120
AphiaID: 138120
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Galeommatoidea (Superfamily) > Lasaeidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Solen squamosus Montagu, 1803 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Lasaeidae Gray, 1842 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Eupoleme Leach, 1852 | |||||||||||||
| 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 Lepton australis Angas, 1878 Species Lepton ellipticum (Carpenter, 1857) Species Lepton lacerum Jeffreys in de Folin & Périer, 1873 Species Lepton lepidum (Say, 1826) Species Lepton ovatum Tate, 1886 Species Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803) Species Lepton subtrigonum Jeffreys in de Folin & Périer, 1873 Species Lepton trigonale Tate, 1879 Species Lepton dionaeum Carpenter, 1857 (nomen dubium) Species Lepton cema (Narchi, 1966) accepted as Ceratobornia cema Narchi, 1966 Species Lepton clarkiae Clark W., 1852 accepted as Epilepton clarkiae (Clark W., 1852) Species Lepton clementinum Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thracia curta Conrad, 1837 Species Lepton costulatum Martens, 1885 accepted as Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876) Species Lepton cumingi [sic] accepted as Barrimysia cumingii (A. Adams, 1856) Species Lepton fabagella Conrad, 1832 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) Species Lepton lediforme Olsson, 1961 accepted as Kurtiella lediformis (Olsson, 1961) Species Lepton longipes Stimpson, 1855 accepted as Ceratobornia longipes (Stimpson, 1855) Species Lepton meroeum Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) Species Lepton nitidum Turton, 1822 accepted as Hemilepton nitidum (Turton, 1822) Species Lepton parasiticum Dall, 1876 accepted as Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876) Species Lepton puncticulatum Yokoyama, 1924 accepted as Melliteryx puncticulata (Yokoyama, 1924) Species Lepton subrotundatum Dunker, 1882 accepted as Kellia subrotundata (Dunker, 1882) Species Lepton sulcatulum Jeffreys, 1859 accepted as Neolepton sulcatulum (Jeffreys, 1859) Species Lepton sykesii Chaster, 1895 accepted as Arculus sykesii (Chaster, 1895) Species Lepton umbonatum Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Kurtiella umbonata (Carpenter, 1857) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138120 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Lepton Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138120 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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