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Lepetidae

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Description

Lepetidae is a family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6554	https://www.gbif.org/species/6554
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60819	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60819

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Lepetidae

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

Scientific Name

Lepetidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lepetidae	family	belongs to Patellacea	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Lepetidae	family	belongs to Acmaeoidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Lepetidae	family	belongs to Patellacea	stated without evidence	Kosnik, 2002
Lepetidae	family	belongs to Acmaeoidea	stated with evidence	Jeffery, 2003
Lepetidae	family	belongs to Lottioidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (88%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Blindkäferschnecken, Blind Limpets, Eyeless Limpets, シロガサガイ

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lepetinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		10	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Propilidiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bathylepeta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptobranchia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iothia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lepeta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Limalepeta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Maoricrater genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Propilidium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Sagamilepeta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Propilidiidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Propilidiidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1850	Lepetidae Gray
1960	Lepetidae Knight et al. p. 235
1995	Lepetidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
1998	Lepetidae Beesley p. 649
2002	Lepetidae Kosnik p. 235
2003	Lepetidae Jeffery
2005	Lepetidae Bouchet et al. p. 243

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

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

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.

Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website

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

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - 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

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

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)

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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