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Lepetella

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Lepetellidae

Taxonomy
Lepetella was named by Verrill (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lepetellinae.

It was assigned to Lepetellidae by Wienrich (2001); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepetellinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Lepetella Verrill
2001Lepetella Wienrich p. 394
2002Lepetella Sepkoski
2005Lepetella Bouchet et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyLepetelloideaDall 1882
familyLepetellidaeDall 1881
subfamilyLepetellinaeDall 1882
genusLepetellaVerrill 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lepetella Verrill 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Piacenzian or 27.30000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jutland) L. compressiuscula, L. helgae, L. jyttae (9176)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. compressiuscula (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. compressiuscula (62884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. compressiuscala (61896 61897 61898 61900 61902 61904 61905 61906 61907) L. compressiuscula (61895 62867 62885 62886)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain L. laterocompressa (80558 80559 80560 80563)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) L. laterocompressa (178117)