Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Neoleptonidae

Neolepton Monterosato, 1875

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Neolepton cancellatum Salas & Gofas, 1998
Neolepton discriminatum Palazzi & Villari, 2001
Neolepton guanche Salas & Gofas, 1998
Neolepton moolenbeeki van der Linden, 2003
Neolepton sulcatulum (Jeffreys, 1859)

Literature

original description	Monterosato T. A. (di) (1875 (letta il 24. 1. 1875)). Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. (Catalogo delle Conchiglie Mediterranee). Atti dell'Accademia Palermitana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palermo (2) 5: 1-50
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
redescription	Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
redescription	Salas C. & Gofas S. 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia 48(1): 35-70

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Neolepton Monterosato, 1875. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138247