Patelloida

Patelloida
Dorsal view of a shell of Patelloida corticata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
Subfamily: Patelloidinae
Genus: Patelloida
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Collisellina Dall, 1871
  • Radiacmea Iredale, 1915
  • Chiazacmea Oliver, 1926
  • Actinoleuca Oliver, 1926

Patelloida is a genus of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]

(This genus name should not be confused with the similar-sounding true limpet superfamily Patelloidea, which is also part of the Patellogastropoda).

Species

Species within the genus Patelloida include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [2]

Shell of Patelloida mufria
Shell of Patelloida victoriana

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Patelloida Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205118 on 2014-08-06
  2. WoRMS : Patelloida
  3. OBIS : Patelloida
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