Lepetopsidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Lepetopsidae | authority = [[James Hamilton McLean|McLean]], 1990 | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}

'''Lepetopsidae''' is an extinct [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[gastropod]]s in the clade [[Patellogastropoda]].

This family has no subfamilies.

Members of extant family [[Neolepetopsidae]] probably developed from Lepetopsidae.<ref name="McLean 1990">[[James Hamilton McLean|McLean J. H.]] (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". ''[[Journal of Zoology]]'', London '''222'''(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. {{doi|10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04047.x}}.</ref>

== Taxonomy == Lepetopsidae belongs to superfamily [[Neolepetopsoidea]] according to the [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)|taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005]]).

Neolepetopsoidea was synonymized with [[Lottioidea]] so Lepetopsidae was moved to superfamily Lottioidea in [[World Register of Marine Species]].<ref name="WoRMS">Gofas, S. (2010). Patellogastropoda. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382158 on 2010-04-01</ref>

== Genera == Genera within the family Lepetopsidae include: * ''[[Lepetopsis]]'' ** ''[[Lepetopsis levettei]]'' White, 1882

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[[Category:Lottioidea]] [[Category:Prehistoric gastropods]] [[Category:Gastropod families]] [[Category:Taxa named by James Hamilton McLean]]