Lepetella
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Lepetella is a genus
of very small deep-sea sea snail
s or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Lepetellidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small deep-sea sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lepetellidae
Lepetellidae
Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda...
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Species
Species within the genus Lepetella include:- Lepetella barrajoniLepetella barrajoniLepetella barrajoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Dantart & Luque, 1994 - Lepetella espinosaeLepetella espinosaeLepetella espinosae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Dantart & Luque, 1994 - Lepetella laterocompressaLepetella laterocompressaLepetella laterocompressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) - Lepetella postapiculaLepetella postapiculaLepetella postapicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Dell, 1990 - Lepetella sierraiLepetella sierraiLepetella sierrai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Dantart & Luque, 1994 - Lepetella tubicolaLepetella tubicolaLepetella tubicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Verrill & Smith, 1880