Superfamily Lepetelloidea Dall 1882 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida

Parent taxon: Lepetellida according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005 and Jeffery 2003

Sister taxa: Fissurelloidea, Haliotoidea, Lepetodriloidea, Scissurelloidea

Subtaxa: Addisoniidae Bathyphytophilidae Caymanabyssiidae Cocculinellidae Lepetellidae Osteopeltidae Pseudococculinidae Pyropeltidae

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Type: Lepetellidae

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), Spain (6)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Denmark (1), Germany (16)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (4: Mississippi, Washington)

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama)

Total: 35 collections including 43 occurrences

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