Lepetodriloidea

Lepetodriloidea is a superfamily of small to large sea snails, hydrothermal vent limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.[1]

Lepetodriloidea
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
Scientific classification
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Lepetodriloidea

McLean, 1988
Families

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Families

Families within the superfamily Lepetodriloidea include:

Families brought into synonymy
  • Clypeosectidae McLean, 1989: synonym of Lepetodrilidae
  • Gorgoleptidae: synonym of Lepetodrilidae

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).


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