Patellidae

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Patellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Patellogastropoda Superfamily: Patelloidea Family: Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
See text.

Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.

For more information, please see Limpet.

[edit] Genera

• Helcion Dentfort, 1810
  • Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus)
• Helioniscus
• Patella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Patella caerulea Linnaeus
  • Patella intermedia Pennant
  • Patella nigra (da Costa, 1771)
  • Patella rustica Linnaeus
  • Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin
  • Patella vulgata Linnaeus
• Patina Gray, 1840
• Rhodopetala

[edit] Practical application

A study of Patella caerulea found that this limpet reduced the cover of algae and barnacles on steel panels suspended in sea water in a commercial port, suggesting that the limpet could be used to inhibit fouling of ship hulls [1].

[edit] References

• Patellidae (TSN 69746). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1