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

Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Solen Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LeptonW. Turton, 1822accepted genus name

Species group names

Psammobia punctura T. Brown, 1827 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: gewone stippelschelp; stippelschelp

Literature

additional source

Tempelman, D., van Moorsel, G. & Faasse, M. (2013). De molkreeften Upogebia deltaura en U. stellata en geassocieerde soorten in de Noordzee (Decapoda: Upogebiidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 40: 15-29.

identification resource

Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803). 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:140218

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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