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Lepetellidae

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Lepetellidae

Taxonomy
Lepetellidae was named by Dall (1881) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5266]. It is extant. Its type is Lepetellinae. It is the type family of Lepetelloidea.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Wienrich (2001); to Cocculinacea by Knight et al. (1960) and Kosnik (2002); and to Lepetelloidea by Beesley (1998) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Choristellinae, Lepetellinae (type subfamily), Sablea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lepetellidae Dall
1960Lepetellidae Knight et al. p. 236
1998Lepetellidae Beesley p. 658
2001Lepetellidae Wienrich p. 394
2002Lepetellidae Kosnik p. 236
2005Lepetellidae Bouchet et al. p. 243

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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
familyLepetellidaeDall 1881

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.

Fm. Lepetellidae Dall 1881
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Subfm. Choristellinae Bouchet and Warén 1979
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G. Choristella Bush 1897
Subfm. Lepetellinae Dall 1882
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G. Lepetella Verrill 1880
G. †Sablea Allen 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available