Paralepetopsis

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Paralepetopsis
Shell of Paralepetopsis ferrugivora (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
McLean, 1990[1]
Type species
Paralepetopsis floridensis J. H. McLean, 1990

Paralepetopsis is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Neolepetopsidae.[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Paralepetopsis include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x. Neolepetopsidae is on the page 490.
  2. ^ Paralepetopsis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Paralepetopsis clementensis McLean, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ Paralepetopsis ferrugivora Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. ^ Paralepetopsis floridensis McLean, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. ^ Paralepetopsis lepichoni Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. ^ Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  8. ^ Paralepetopsis tunnicliffae McLean, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.