Lepetopsidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the clade Patellogastropoda.
This family has no subfamilies.
Members of extant family Neolepetopsidae probably developed from Lepetopsidae.McLean J. H. (7 November 1990). "Neolepetopsidae, a new docoglossate limpet family from hydrothermal vents and its relevance to patellogastropod evolution". Journal of Zoology, London 222(3): 485-528, plates 1-12. .
Taxonomy Lepetopsidae belongs to superfamily Neolepetopsoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Neolepetopsoidea was synonymized with Lottioidea so Lepetopsidae was moved to superfamily Lottioidea in World Register of Marine Species.Gofas, S. (2010). Patellogastropoda. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382158 on 2010-04-01
Genera Genera within the family Lepetopsidae include: Lepetopsis Lepetopsis levettei White, 1882
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