Lepetellidae
Encyclopedia
Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family
of small deepwater sea snail
s or limpet
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea
in the clade Vetigastropoda
(according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
). (It was in order Cocculiniformia before.)
):
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...
of small deepwater sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s or limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea
Lepetelloidea
Lepetelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda...
in the clade Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order although they are a clade in Bouchet and Rocroi, 2005....
(according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
). (It was in order Cocculiniformia before.)
Taxonomy
This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
):
- Lepetellinae Dall, 1882
- Chloristellinae Bouchet & Warén, 1979
Genera
Genera within the family Lepetellidae include:- BichoristesBichoristesBichoristes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Bichoristes include:* Bichoristes wareni McLean, 1992...
McLean, 1992 - BogiaBogiaBorgia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae....
Dantart & Luque, 1994 - ChoristellaChoristellaChoristella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Choristella include:* Choristella hickmanae McLean, 1992* Choristella leptalea Bush, 1897...
Bush, 1897 - LepetellaLepetellaLepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Lepetella include:* Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994...
Verrill, 1880 - TecticraterTecticraterTecticrater is a genus of very small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetellidae.-Species:Species in the genus Tecticrater include:* Tecticrater cervae * Tecticrater compressa...
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1956 - TectisumenTectisumenTectisumen is a genus of very small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetellidae.-Species:Species in the genus Tectisumen include:* Tectisumen clypidellaeformis * Tectisumen mayi-References:...
Finley, 1927