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Lepetella
Sign in to saveLepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLepetellida
- FamilyLepetellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 52
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Lepetellidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, SBMNH, UF
- Recorded in
- Italy, Jma Maurice/Seychelles, Germany, Mediterranean, Corse, Philippines, United States, Austria
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lepetellidae
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- taxon name
- Lepetella
- taxon rank
- genus
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Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.
==Description== The small shell is smooth, oval or oblong, limpet-shaped or conical. It has a simple sub-central apex that isn't spiral. The animal resembles Lepeta Gray, 1847, but has distinct eyes. It has a taenioglossan radula with seven regular rows of teeth.
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