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Lepeta
Sign in to saveLepeta is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNacellida
- FamilyLepetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 64
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Lepetidae
- Collections
- UWBM, SIO, CAS, GNM, UF, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, Belgium, Nederland, Norway, Netherlands, France, Philippines
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Lepeta is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
==Species== Species within the genus Lepeta include: † Lepeta boutillieri (Cossmann, 1888) Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776) Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) † Lepeta duclosii (Deshayes, 1824) Lepeta grandis (Crozier, 1966) Lepeta kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920) † Lepeta scaldensis van Regteren Altena, 1954 Species brought into synonymy: Lepeta albescens (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846) Lepeta antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) (original combination) Lepeta caecoides Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) Lepeta coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) Lepeta costulata Locard, 1898: synonym of Bathysciadium costulatum (Locard, 1898) Lepeta depressa Hedley, 1916: synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) Lepeta lima Dall, 1918: synonym of Limalepeta lima (Dall, 1918) Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860: synonym of Phenacolepas puntarenae (Mörch, 1860) (original combination) Lepeta sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Sagamilepeta sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) (original combination)
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