Lepetidae
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Lepetidae is a family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Lepetinae Gray, 1850
- Propilidiinae Thiele, 1891
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda based on molecular phylogeny research by Nakano & Ozawa (2007):
| Patellogastropoda | Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae Patellidae Eoacmaeidae |
| Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae Patellidae | |
| Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae | |
| Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) | |
| Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae | |
| Pectinodontidae Lepetidae | |
| Pectinodontidae | |
| Lepetidae | |
| Nacellidae | |
| Patellidae | |
| Eoacmaeidae | |
Genera
Genera in the family Lepetidae include:
Lepetinae
- Bathylepeta Moskalay, 1977
- Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851
- Iothia Forbes, 1849
- Lepeta J. E. Gray, 1842
- Limalepeta Moskalev, 1978
- Maoricrater Dell, 1956
Propilidiinae
- Propilidium Forbes and Hanley, 1849
- Sagamilepeta Okutani, 1987
External links
- "Reproduction and development of the limpet Limalepeta lima (Dall, 1918) (Gastropoda: Lepetidae) from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan". doi: