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Lepeta

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lepetidae

Taxonomy
Lepeta was named by Gray (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lepetinae.

It was assigned to Lepetidae by Abbott (1974) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepetinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Lepeta Gray
1974Lepeta Abbott p. 34
1995Lepeta Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2002Lepeta Sepkoski
2005Lepeta Bouchet et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyLepetidaeGray 1850
subfamilyLepetinaeGray 1850
genusLepetaGray 1842

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. Lepeta Gray 1842
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Lepeta caeca Müller 1776
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available