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Lepeta

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Description

Lepeta is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepeta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2297906	https://www.gbif.org/species/2297906
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8413	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8413

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetidae : Lepeta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Lepetidae : Lepeta

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Patellogastropoda	Lindberg 1986
superfamily	Lottioidea	Gray 1840
family	Lepetidae	Gray 1850
subfamily	Lepetinae	Gray 1850
genus	Lepeta	Gray 1847

Scientific Name

Lepeta Gray, 1847

Name Published In

Syn. Brit. Mus., ed. 44

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lepeta	genus	belongs to Lepetidae	stated with evidence	Abbott, 1974
Lepeta	genus	belongs to Patellogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lepeta	genus	belongs to Lepetinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Lepetidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Lepetidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepeta

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lepeta alta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lepeta caeca species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lepeta caecoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lepeta concentrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dallia Jeffreys, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetidae : *Dallia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Lepeta Gray
1974	Lepeta Abbott p. 34
1995	Lepeta Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2002	Lepeta Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Lepeta Bouchet et al. p. 98

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syn. Brit. Mus., ed. 44 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, Hans G. (2008) "MESS - Marina Evertebrater från Södra Skandinavien (Marine Invertebrates from South Scandinavia) - a teaching aid for students. Marina syd-skandinaviska ""evertebrater"", ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga mars 2008. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/staff/HansGHanssonP.html" - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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