''Iothia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, the
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda is ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lepetidae
Lepetidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies ...
.
Species
The following species within the genus ''Iothia'' are recognised by the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:
*''
Iothia albescens''
(Philippi
Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...
, 1846) (nomen dubium)
*''
Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
*''
Iothia fulva
''Iothia fulva'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae
Lepetidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs i ...
''
( O. F. Müller, 1776)
*''
Iothia lindbergi''
McLean, 1985
*''
Iothia megalodon''
Warén, Nakano & Sellanes, 2011
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Iothia antarctica''
(E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia coppingeri''
(E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia depressa''
(Hedley, 1916): synonym of ''Nacella polaris''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of ''
Nacella concinna''
(Strebel, 1908)
* ''Iothia fulviformis''
(Egorova, 1972): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia pelseneeri''
(Thiele, 1912): synonym of ''
Propilidium pelseneeri''
Thiele, 1912
* ''Iothia radiata''
(M. Sars, 1851): synonym of ''
Piliscus commodus
''Piliscus commodus'' is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.
Distribut ...
''
(Middendorff, 1851)
References
* Forbes, E. 1849. ''On the genera of British Patellacea.'' The Athenaeum 1145: 1018
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
Lepetidae
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