Neolepton is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Neoleptonidae.

Neolepton
Shell of Neolepton veneris (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Neoleptonidae
Genus: Neolepton
Monterosato, 1875
Type species
Lepton sulcatulum Jeffreys, 1859
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Davisia Cooper & Preston, 1910 (invalid: junior homonym of Davisia del Guercio, 1909 [Hemiptera]; Neodavisia is a replacement name)
  • Halodakra Olsson, 1961
  • Neodavisia Chavan, 1969
  • Neolepton (Neolepton) Monterosato, 1875· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neolepton (Stohleria) Coan, 1984· accepted, alternate representation
  • Notolepton Finlay, 1926
  • Stohleria Coan, 1984

Species in the genus Neolepton edit

Species Neolepton obliquatum Chaster, 1897 was accepted as Coracuta obliquata (Chaster, 1897).

Species Neolepton sykesi (Chaster, 1895) accepted as Arculus sykesii (Chaster, 1895).

References edit

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1