Leurolepas

Leurolepas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus:
McLean, 1970[1]
Type species
Leurolepas roseola
McLean, 1970

Leurolepas is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leurolepas include:[2]

References

  1. ^ McLean J.H. (1970) Descriptions of a new genus and eight new species of Eastern Pacific Fissurellidae, with notes on other species. The Veliger 12(3): 362-367. (1 January 1970). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Leurolepas McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574688 on 2012-12-31


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