Lottioidea

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

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Synonyms[2]
  • Nacelloidea Thiele, 1891
  • Neolepetopsoidea McLean, 1990

Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.[2][3]

2005 taxonomy

There are three families within Lottioidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

2007 taxonomy

Based on molecular research on the Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007)[4] there were eight families in Lottioidea:

Families and subfamilies brought into synonymy
  • Bertiniidae Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Nacellidae Thiele, 1891
  • Lottidae [sic] : synonym of Lottiidae Gray, 1840
  • Propilidiidae: synonym of Lepetidae Gray, 1850
  • Rhodopetalinae Linddberg, 1981: synonym of Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 (a junior synonym)
  • Tecturidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Tecturinae Gray, 1847 (original rank)

2017 taxonomy

According to the revised taxonomy of Bouchet et al (2017), the Lottioidea contains the following families:[5]

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. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Lottioidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391063 on 2018-10-15
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  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.
  5. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Hausdorf B.; Kaim A.; Kano Y.; Nützel A.; Parkhaev P.; Schrödl M.; Strong E.E. (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia (1–2): 334.