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Lepeta
Shell of † Lepeta scaldensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Lepetidae
Genus:	Lepeta Gray, 1847
Synonyms
Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851 (junior objective synonym) Dallia Jeffreys, 1883 (junior homonym of Dallia Bean, 1878) Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851 (a junior synonym) Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918 (Invalid: unnecessary replacement name) Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Lepeta Gray, with the same type species)

Lepeta is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.

Species

Species within the genus Lepeta include:

• † Lepeta boutillieri (Cossmann, 1888)
• Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776)
• Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848)
• † Lepeta duclosii (Deshayes, 1824)
• Lepeta grandis (Crozier, 1966)
• Lepeta kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920)
• † Lepeta scaldensis van Regteren Altena, 1954

Species brought into synonymy

• Lepeta albescens (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846)
• Lepeta antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868) (original combination)
• Lepeta caecoides Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
• Lepeta coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)
• Lepeta costulata Locard, 1898: synonym of Bathysciadium costulatum (Locard, 1898)
• Lepeta depressa Hedley, 1916: synonym of Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
• Lepeta lima Dall, 1918: synonym of Limalepeta lima (Dall, 1918)
• Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860: synonym of Phenacolepas puntarenae (Mörch, 1860) (original combination)
• Lepeta sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Sagamilepeta sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) (original combination)

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
• Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp