''Niveotectura'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, 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 mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lottiidae
Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveotectura'' include:
* ''
Niveotectura funiculata
''Niveotectura'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveotectura'' include:
* '' Niveotectura funiculata'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Niveotectura pallid ...
'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Niveotectura pallida
''Niveotectura pallida'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Description
The shell can grow to be 32 mm to 60 mm.
Distribution
''Niveotectura pal ...
'' (Gould, 1859)
References
External links
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Lottiidae
Monotypic gastropod genera
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