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Lottiidae
A live individual of Lottia pelta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
J. E. Gray, 1840[1]
Genera

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Synonyms[2]

Lottidae [sic]

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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2005 taxonomy

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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 Lindberg, 1988
  • Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
A live individual of Discurria insessa

2007 taxonomy

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Nakano & Ozawa (2007)[3] made changes in taxonomy of Patellogastropoda based on molecular phylogeny research: Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 is a synonym of Lottiidae and assigned genera Acmaea and Niveotectura into Lottiidae.

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:[3]

Patellogastropoda

Genera

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Lottia gigantea
Tectura palacea feeding on the algal film on the surface of a blade of Phyllospadix

Genera within the family Lottiidae include:

Subfamily Lottiinae
Subfamily Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
Subfamily Tecturinae Gray, 1847
Subfamily incertae sedis

(Genera that were under Acmaeidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae):[3]

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