Deep-Sea taxon details
Lepetidae J. E. Gray, 1850
1733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1733)
accepted
Family
Lepeta J. E. Gray, 1842 (type by original designation)
- Genus Iothia Forbes, 1849
- Genus Lepeta J. E. Gray, 1842
- Genus Propilidium Forbes & Hanley, 1849
- Subfamily Lepetellinae Dall, 1882 accepted as Lepetellidae Dall, 1882 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Rostrisepta G. Seguenza, 1866 accepted as Propilidium Forbes & Hanley, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lepetidae J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1733 on 2026-01-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lepetidae J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1733 on 2026-01-21
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
taxonomy source Ilin, I.D., Sharina, S.N., Chernyshev, A.V. (2026). Limpets of the family Lepetidae (Patellogastropoda) from the continental shelf of the Northwestern Pacific – generic and specific composition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> Bd. 320. P. 13-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.11.005 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Ilin, I.D., Sharina, S.N., Chernyshev, A.V. (2026). Limpets of the family Lepetidae (Patellogastropoda) from the continental shelf of the Northwestern Pacific – generic and specific composition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> Bd. 320. P. 13-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.11.005 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
