Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Lasaeidae > Subfamily Montacutinae

Epilepton Dall, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepton (Epilepton)*	Dall, 1899	synonym
*Potidoma*	A. E. Salisbury, M. A. Edwards & Curbs, 1964	synonym

Children

Epilepton clarkiae (W. Clark, 1852)
Epilepton parrussetense Giribet & Peñas, 1999
Epilepton solidulum (Gaglini, 1992)
Epilepton subtrigonum (P. Fischer, 1874)

Literature

original description	Dall, W. H. (1899). Synopsis of the Recent and Tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 21(1177): 873-897.
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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epilepton Dall, 1899. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138183