Eulepetopsis, MCLEAN, 1990

Chen, Chong, Zhou, Yadong, Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama, Zhang, Ruiyan & Wang, Chunsheng, 2022, Neolepetopsid true limpets (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) from Indian Ocean hot vents shed light on relationships among genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 276-296 : 286

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GENUS EULEPETOPSIS MCLEAN, 1990 View in CoL

Type species: Eulepetopsis vitrea McLean, 1990 (by original designation).

Diagnosis: Large (≤ 17 mm SL) neolepetopsid limpets with totally transparent shell, whose outer layer is constructed from lathic calcite. Shell profile low; shell surface almost completely smooth. Radula well developed and sturdy, including large inner marginals; outer marginal reduced to vestigial.