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Lepeta

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Lepeta
Lepeta caeca shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lepetidae
Genus: Lepeta
Gray, 1847
Synonyms
  • Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851 (junior objective synonym)
  • Dallia Jeffreys, 1883 (junior homonym of Dallia Bean, 1878)

Lepeta is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Lepeta include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Lepeta Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Lepeta depressa Hedley, 1916. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp