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Neolepton

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Neolepton
Shell of Neolepton veneris (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Neoleptonidae
Genus: Neolepton
Monterosato, 1875
Type species
Lepton sulcatulum Jeffreys, 1859
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Davisia Cooper & Preston, 1910 (invalid: junior homonym of Davisia del Guercio, 1909 [Hemiptera]; Neodavisia is a replacement name)
  • Halodakra Olsson, 1961
  • Neodavisia Chavan, 1969
  • Neolepton (Neolepton) Monterosato, 1875· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neolepton (Stohleria) Coan, 1984· accepted, alternate representation
  • Notolepton Finlay, 1926
  • Stohleria Coan, 1984

Neolepton is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Neoleptonidae.

Species in the genus Neolepton

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Species Neolepton obliquatum Chaster, 1897 was accepted as Coracuta obliquata (Chaster, 1897).

Species Neolepton sykesi (Chaster, 1895) accepted as Arculus sykesii (Chaster, 1895).

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1