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 Hemilepton

Hemilepton nitidum (W. Turton, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemilepton*	Cossmann, 1912	accepted genus name
*Erycina (Hemilepton)*	Cossmann, 1912	synonym
*Erycina (Semierycina)*	Cossmann & Peyrot, 1912	synonym
*Semierycina*	Cossmann & Peyrot, 1912	synonym

Species group names

*Erycina (Hemilepton) nitidum*	(W. Turton, 1822)	synonym
*Erycina prismatica*	Cossmann & Peyrot, 1912	synonym
*Kellia compressa*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	synonym
*Lepton convexum*	W. Clark, 1852	synonym
*Lepton nitidum*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. laevis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. lineolata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. pisidialis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Semierycina nitida*	(W. Turton, 1822)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: witte muntschelp

Literature

basis of record	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hemilepton nitidum (W. Turton, 1822). 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:246148