WoRMS taxon details
Lepeta Gray, 1842
138111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138111)
accepted
Genus
Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) (type by subsequent designation)
Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Dallia Jeffreys, 1883 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Dallia Bean, 1878)
Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918 · unaccepted (Invalid: unnecessary replacement name)
Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior objective synonym...)
Invalid: junior objective synonym of Lepeta Gray, with the same type species
- Species Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848)
- Species Lepeta grandis (Crozier, 1966)
- Species Lepeta kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920)
- Subgenus Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Lepeta Gray, 1842 (a junior synonym)
- Species Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) accepted as Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) (unaccepted combination)
- Subgenus Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918 accepted as Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Lepeta Gray, 1842 (Invalid: unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) accepted as Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) lima Dall, 1918 accepted as Limalepeta lima (Dall, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Lepeta (Pilidium) Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Pilidium Middendorff, 1851 accepted as Piliscus Lovén, 1859
- Species Lepeta albescens (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Iothia albescens (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepeta antarctica E. A. Smith, 1907 accepted as Iothia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907) accepted as Iothia emarginuloides (R. A. Philippi, 1868)
- Species Lepeta caecoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Lepeta coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Iothia emarginuloides (R. A. Philippi, 1868)
- Species Lepeta costulata Locard, 1898 accepted as Bathysciadium costulatum (Locard, 1898)
- Species Lepeta depressa Hedley, 1916 accepted as Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) (superseded combination)
- Species Lepeta lima Dall, 1918 accepted as Limalepeta lima (Dall, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepeta puntarenae Mörch, 1860 accepted as Plesiothyreus puntarenae (Mörch, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Lepeta sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 accepted as Sagamilepeta sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepeta alta E. A. Smith, 1894 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 66-67, 90. [details]
page(s): 66-67, 90. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepeta Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138111 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 66-67, 90. [details]
original description (of Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on <i>Chrysodomus</i> and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54 (2234): 207-234., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15723914
page(s): 233. [details]
original description (of Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851) Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 183 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 66-67, 90. [details]
original description (of Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on <i>Chrysodomus</i> and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54 (2234): 207-234., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15723914
page(s): 233. [details]
original description (of Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851) Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 183 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
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 
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subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 168. [details]
[request]subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 168. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cryptobranchia) (from synonym Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dallia) (from synonym Dallia Jeffreys, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dallia) (from synonym Dallia Jeffreys, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To ITIS
