Lepetella laterocompressa

Lepetella laterocompressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Lepetellidae
Genus:	Lepetella
Species:	L. laterocompressa
Binomial name
	Lepetella laterocompressa; (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
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.^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.

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

^ 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.
^ 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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