Lepetopsidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the clade Patellogastropoda.
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda
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| Family: | Lepetopsidae McLean, 1990
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This family has no subfamilies.
Members of extant family Neolepetopsidae probably developed from Lepetopsidae.[1]
Taxonomy edit
Lepetopsidae belongs to superfamily Neolepetopsoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Neolepetopsoidea was synonymized with Lottioidea so Lepetopsidae was moved to superfamily Lottioidea in World Register of Marine Species.[2]
Genera edit
Genera within the family Lepetopsidae include:
- Lepetopsis
- Lepetopsis levettei White, 1882
References edit
- ^ 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. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x.
- ^ 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
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