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Acmaeidae
Sign in to saveAcmaeidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the subclass Patellogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
limpets
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNacellida
- FamilyAcmaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 971
- With media
- 361
- Family
- Acmaeidae
- Collections
- LACM, PRI, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lottioidea
- Image
- Acmaea mitra.jpg
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- Commons category
- Acmaeidae
- taxon name
- Acmaeidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Acmaeidae
- taxon common name
- Schildkrötenschnecken
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Acmaeidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the subclass Patellogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
==Taxonomy== Listed as valid family in Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) but this classification revised following the molecular phylogeny of Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Acmaeinae, including Erginus, was found to be paraphyletic. However, this synonymy was subsequently found incorrect, having been the result of contaminated samples, and Acmaea mitra and a related species, Niveotectura pallida form a well-supported clade outside of the Lottiidae, and Acmaeidae was re-established.
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