Lepetella laterocompressa

Taxonomy

Lepetella laterocompressa was originally described as Patella laterocompressa by de Rayneval and Ponzi in 1854. In a 1972 taxonomic revision, malacologist Anders Warén examined the species' external morphology and radula and concluded that it should be placed in the genus Lepetella. The revision also treated Cocculina clipeus Thiele, 1925 as a synonym of Lepetella laterocompressa. [1]

Lepetella laterocompressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Lepetella
Species:
L. laterocompressa
Binomial name
Lepetella laterocompressa
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) [2]
Synonyms
  • Cocculina clipeus Thiele 1925
  • Patella laterocompressa de Rayneval & Ponzi 1854 (basionym)
  • Propilidium aquitanense Locard 1886

Lepetella laterocompressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae.[3]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Warén, Anders (20 November 1972). "On the systematic position of Fissurisepta granulosa Jeffreys, 1882 and Patella laterocompressa De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854 (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)". Sarsia. 51 (1): 17–24. doi:10.1080/00364827.1972.10411222. ISSN 0036-4827.
  2. ↑ Rayneval A. G. (de), 1854: Catalogue des fossiles du Monte Mario (près Rome), recueillis par M. le Cte de Rayneval, Mgr Van den Hecke et M. le professeur Ponzi. Versailles, impr. de Beau jeune 20 + 6 pp.
  3. ↑ Lepetella laterocompressa (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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