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Nacellidae

Nacellidae
Cellana ornata.JPG
A shell of Cellana ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
J. Thiele, 1891
Family: Nacellidae
Thiele, 1891
Genera

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Synonyms

Bertiniidae Jousseaume, 1883


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Bertiniidae Jousseaume, 1883

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

Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea. The family is listed in its own superfamily Nacelloidea by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) but should be included in the Lottioidea following Nakano & Ozawa (2007)

The following is a cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of the Patellogastropoda, based on molecular phylogeny research by Nakano & Ozawa (2007):

Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura)

Pectinodontidae

Lepetidae

Nacellidae

Patellidae

Eoacmaeidae

Genera within the family Nacellidae include:



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