Lottioidea Explained

Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.^{[1] [2]}

2005 taxonomy

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

• Family Lottiidae J. E. Gray, 1840
• Family Acmaeidae E. Forbes, 1850
• Family Lepetidae J. E. Gray, 1850

2007 taxonomy

Based on molecular research on the Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007)^[3] there were eight families in Lottioidea:

• family Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850
• † family Daminilidae Horný, 1961
• family Eoacmaeidae T. Nakano & Ozawa, 2007
• family Erginidae Chernyshev, 2018
• family Lepetidae Gray, 1850
• † family Lepetopsidae McLean, 1990
• family Lottiidae Gray, 1840
• family Neolepetopsidae McLean, 1990
• family Pectinodontidae Pilsbry, 1891

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:^[4]

• Family Lottiidae J. E. Gray, 1840
• Family Acmaeidae E. Forbes, 1850
• Family Damilinidae Horný, 196125
• Family Lepetidae J. E. Gray, 1850
• Family Lepetopsidae McLean, 199027
• Family Nacellidae Thiele, 1891
• Family Neolepetopsidae McLean, 199029
• Family Pectinodontidae Pilsbry, 1891

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . amp . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
3. 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. .
4. 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 .