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Lepetellidae
Choristella tenera (A. E. Verrill, 1882); family Lepetellidae; off New England
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Lepetellidae Dall, 1882
Genera
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Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). (It was in the order Cocculiniformia before).

Taxonomy

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• Lepetellinae Dall, 1882
• Choristellinae Bouchet & Warén, 1979

Genera

Genera within the family Lepetellidae include:

• Bichoristes McLean, 1992
• Bogia Dantart & Luque, 1994
• Choristella Bush, 1897
• Lepetella Verrill, 1880
• Tecticrater Dall, 1956
• Tectisumen Finley, 1927

References

1. Gofas, S. (2012). Lepetellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13699 on 2013-02-12
2. "Lepetellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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