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

Lepetella ionica F. Nordsieck, 1973

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepetella*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cocculina ionica*	(F. Nordsieck, 1973)	synonym
*Cocculina mamilla*	Di Geronimo, 1974	synonym

Literature

original description	Nordsieck, F. (1973). Molluschi abissali dello Jonio. La Conchiglia. 57-58: 4-7.
basis of record	Dantart, L.; Luque, A. A. (1994). Cocculiniformia and Lepetidae (Gastropoda: Archaeogastropoda) from Iberian waters. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 60(3): 277-313.
additional source	Micali, P. & Villari, A. (2023). Plio-Pleistocene molluscs of Gravitelli (Messina), with description of Toroidia tavianii n. sp. (Gastropoda, Calliotropidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59(1): 121-132.
additional source	Hoffman L., Lavaleye M., van Heugten B. & Freiwald A. (2018). Lepetella (Gastropoda: Lepetellidae) in deep-water coral habitats in the North Atlantic. Miscellanea Malacologica. 8 (1) : 19-26.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepetella ionica F. Nordsieck, 1973. 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:815963