Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Neoleptonidae

Neolepton Monterosato, 1875

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Neolepton cancellatum C. Salas & Gofas, 1998
Neolepton discriminatum Palazzi & Villari, 2001
Neolepton guanche C. Salas & Gofas, 1998
Neolepton moolenbeeki van der Linden, 2003
Neolepton sulcatulum (Jeffreys, 1859)

Literature

original description	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1875). Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo, New Series. 5(1): 1-50 [December 31st, 1875].
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.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
redescription	Salas, C.; Gofas, S. (1998). Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia. 48(1): 35-70.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neolepton Monterosato, 1875. 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:138247