Lepetella


Lepetella is a genus of very small deep-sea sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.

Description

The small shell is smooth, oval or oblong, limpet-shaped or conical. It has a simple sub-central apex that isn't spiral. The animal resembles Lepeta Gray, 1847, but has distinct eyes. It has a taenioglossan radula with seven regular rows of teeth.

Species

Species within the genus Lepetella include:Lepetella barrajoni Dantart & Luque, 1994Lepetella clypidellaeformis Lepetella espinosae Dantart & Luque, 1994Lepetella ionica F. Nordsieck, 1973Lepetella laterocompressa