Lepetodriloidea
Appearance
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Lepetodriloidea | |
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Numerous individuals of the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus sp. partially cover the shells of Gigantopelta chessoia on the East Scotia Ridge site E2 in the Scotia Sea | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Superfamily: | Lepetodriloidea McLean, 1988
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Lepetodriloidea is a superfamily of small to large sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.[1]
Families
Families within the superfamily Lepetodriloidea include:
- Family Lepetodrilidae McLean, 1988
- Family Sutilizonidae McLean, 1989
- Families brought into synonymy
- Clypeosectidae McLean, 1989: synonym of Lepetodrilidae
- Gorgoleptidae: synonym of Lepetodrilidae
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).