Lottiidae is a

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s, specifically true

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" ...

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s in the superfamily

Lottioidea Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.MolluscaBase (2018). Lottioidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

and the clade

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(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Subfamilies

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Lottiinae Gray, 1840 ** tribe Lottiini Gray, 1840 - synonym: Tecturidae Gray, 1847 ** tribe Scurriini

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, 1988 * Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923 Discurria insessa

2007 taxonomy

Nakano & Ozawa (2007)Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). "Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 73(1) 79-99. . made changes in taxonomy of Patellogastropoda based on

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research: Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 is a synonym of Lottiidae and assigned genera '' Acmaea'' and '' Niveotectura'' into Lottiidae. A

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showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:

Genera

Genera within the family Lottiidae include: ;Subfamily Lottiinae * tribe Lottiini ** '' Discurria'' Lindberg, 1988 ** ''

Lottia ''Lottia'' is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (W ...

'' Gray, 1833 - type species of the family Lottiidae ** '' Notoacmea'' Iredale, 1915 ** '' Scurria'' Gray, 1847 ;Subfamily Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923 * '' Patelloida'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * '' Collisella'' Dall, 1871: synonym of ''

'' Gray, 1833 ;Subfamily Tecturinae Gray, 1847 * '' Tectura'' Gray, 1847 ;Subfamily ''incertae sedis'' (Genera that were under Acmaeidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae): * '' Actinoleuca'' Oliver, 1926 * '' Asteracmea'' Oliver, 1926 * '' Atalacmea'' Iredale, 1915 * † '' Boreoblinia'' O. Yu. Anistratenko, Burger & V. V. Anistratenko, 2010 * '' Nipponacmea'' Sasaki & Okutani, 1993WoRMS (2010). ''Nipponacmea''. 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=391295 on 2010-08-03 * '' Niveotectura'' Habe, 1944 * '' Potamacmaea'' Peile, 1922 * '' Radiacmea'' Iredale, 1915 * '' Testudinalia'' Moskalev, 1966 * '' Yayoiacmea'' Sasaki & Okutani, 1993

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q149148 Taxa named by John Edward Gray