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 > Genus Epilepton

Epilepton clarkiae (W. Clark, 1852)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lepton W. Turton, 1822

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Potidoma clarkiae*	(W. Clark, 1852)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: drietandschelp; drietandschelpje; gewone drietandschelp

Literature

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	Delongueville, C. & Scaillet, R. (1999). Relevé de l'association de Epilepton clarkiae (W. Clark, 1852) et de Mioerycina coarctata (S.V. Wood, 1851) avec Phascolion strombi (Montagu, 1804) en Méditerranée. Apex. 14: 29-32.
additional source	Jespersen, Å.; Lützen, J.; Oliver, P. G. (2007). Morphology, biology and systematic position of Epilepton clarkiae (Clark, 1852) (Galeommatoidea: Montacutidae) a bivalve commensal with sipunculans. Journal of Conchology. 39(4), 391-402.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epilepton clarkiae (W. Clark, 1852). 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:140366