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Patelloida

Patelloida
Patelloida corticata.JPG
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
Type species
Patelloida rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Species

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Synonyms
  • Acmaea (Chiazacmea)
  • Chiazacmea Oliver, 1926
  • Collisellina Dall, 1871
  • Patelloidea [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Couthouy, 1839] of Patelloida Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 )
  • Patelloides Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (misspelling)

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

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

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

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


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