Lepetellidae
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Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea.
[edit] Description
These small limpets have their shell apex directed posteriorly, and have rhipidoglossate dentition (that is, with central, lateral, and marginal teeth).
[edit] Genera in the family Lepetellidae
- Lepetella Verrill, 1880
- Tecticrater Dall, 1956
- Tectisumen Finley, 1927
[edit] References
- Lepetellidae (TSN 69788). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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