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):

PatellogastropodaLottiidae (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

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: