Lepetella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetellidae |
Subfamily: | Lepetellinae |
Genus: |
Lepetella Verrill, 1880 [1] |
Type species | |
Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880 |
Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae. [2]
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. [3]
Species within the genus Lepetella include:
Lepetella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Lepetellidae |
Subfamily: | Lepetellinae |
Genus: |
Lepetella Verrill, 1880 [1] |
Type species | |
Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880 |
Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae. [2]
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. [3]
Species within the genus Lepetella include: