Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Lepetelloidea > Family Pseudococculinidae > Genus Kaiparapelta

Kaiparapelta askewi J. H. McLean & Harasewych, 1995

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kaiparapelta*	B. A. Marshall, 1986	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	McLean J.H. & Harasewych M.G. (1995). Review of Western Atlantic species of Cocculinid and Pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science, 453: 1-33
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	Warén A. & Gofas S. (1996). Kaiparapelta askewi Mc Lean & Harasewych, 1995 (Gastropoda: Pseudococculinidae): a spongivorous cocculiniform limpet and a case of remarkable convergence in radular morphology. Haliotis 25: 107-116

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kaiparapelta askewi J. H. McLean & Harasewych, 1995. 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:140878