Lottiidae

Lottiidae
A live individual of Collisella pelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
J. E. Gray, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]

Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850

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

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

A live individual of Discurria insessa

2007 taxonomy

Nakano & Ozawa (2007)[2] 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:[2]

Patellogastropoda



Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura)


Pectinodontidae

Lepetidae

Nacellidae

Patellidae

Eoacmaeidae



Genera

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

(Genera that were under Acmeaidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Acmaeinae):[2]

(Genera that were under Acmeaidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae):[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gray J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals. In: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 105-152. Lottiidae is on the page 115.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym001.
  3. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Collisella Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153563 on 2010-08-03
  4. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Notoacmea Iredale, 1915. 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=456334 on 2010-08-03
  5. ↑ WoRMS (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
  6. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Patelloida Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. 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=205118 on 2010-08-03
  7. ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Tectura Gray, 1847. 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=138142 on 2010-08-03
  8. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Discurria. 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=456555 on 2010-08-03
  9. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Niveotectura. 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=456557 on 2010-08-03
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