# Lottiidae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lottiidae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lottiidae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottiidae > Source revision: 1355291010 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Family of gastropods Lottiidae A live individual of Lottia pelta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Patellogastropoda Superfamily: Lottioidea Family: Lottiidae J. E. Gray, 1840[1] Genera See text Synonyms[2] Lottidae [sic] **Lottiidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), specifically true [limpets](/source/Limpet), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the superfamily [Lottioidea](/source/Lottioidea) and the clade [Patellogastropoda](/source/Patellogastropoda) (according to the [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005))). ## Subfamilies ### 2005 taxonomy This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005))): - Lottiinae Gray, 1840 - tribe Lottiini Gray, 1840 - synonym: Tecturidae Gray, 1847 - tribe Scurriini [Lindberg](/source/David_R._Lindberg), 1988 - [Patelloidinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patelloidinae&action=edit&redlink=1) Chapman & Gabriel, 1923 A live individual of *[Discurria insessa](/source/Discurria_insessa)* ### 2007 taxonomy Nakano & Ozawa (2007)[3] made changes in taxonomy of Patellogastropoda based on [molecular phylogeny](/source/Molecular_phylogeny) research: Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 is a synonym of Lottiidae and assigned genera *[Acmaea](/source/Acmaea)* and *[Niveotectura](/source/Niveotectura)* into Lottiidae. A [cladogram](/source/Cladogram) showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:[3] Patellogastropoda Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae Patellidae Eoacmaeidae ## Genera *[Lottia gigantea](/source/Lottia_gigantea)* *[Tectura palacea](/source/Tectura_palacea)* feeding on the algal film on the surface of a blade of *[Phyllospadix](/source/Phyllospadix)* Genera within the family Lottiidae include: **Subfamily Lottiinae** - tribe Lottiini - *[Discurria](/source/Discurria)* Lindberg, 1988[4] - *[Lottia](/source/Lottia)* Gray, 1833 - type species of the family Lottiidae - *[Notoacmea](/source/Notoacmea)* Iredale, 1915[5] - *[Scurria](/source/Scurria)* Gray, 1847 **Subfamily [Patelloidinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patelloidinae&action=edit&redlink=1) Chapman & Gabriel, 1923** - *[Patelloida](/source/Patelloida)* Quoy & Gaimard, 1834[6] - *[Collisella](/source/Collisella)* Dall, 1871:[7] synonym of *[Lottia](/source/Lottia)* Gray, 1833 **Subfamily Tecturinae Gray, 1847** - *[Tectura](/source/Tectura)* Gray, 1847[8] **Subfamily *incertae sedis*** (Genera that were under Acmaeidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae):[3] - *[Actinoleuca](/source/Actinoleuca)* Oliver, 1926 - *[Asteracmea](/source/Asteracmea)* Oliver, 1926 - *[Atalacmea](/source/Atalacmea)* Iredale, 1915 - † *[Boreoblinia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boreoblinia&action=edit&redlink=1)* O. Yu. Anistratenko, Burger & V. V. Anistratenko, 2010 - *[Nipponacmea](/source/Nipponacmea)* Sasaki & Okutani, 1993[9] - *[Niveotectura](/source/Niveotectura)* Habe, 1944 - *[Potamacmaea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potamacmaea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Peile, 1922 - *[Radiacmea](/source/Radiacmea)* Iredale, 1915 - *[Testudinalia](/source/Testudinalia)* Moskalev, 1966 - *[Yayoiacmea](/source/Yayoiacmea)* Sasaki & Okutani, 1993 ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lottiidae](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lottiidae). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Gray J. E.](/source/John_Edward_Gray) (1840). Shells of molluscous animals. In: *Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum*, ed. 42: 105-152. Lottiidae is on the page 115. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_2-0)** ["WoRMS taxon details, Lottiidae Gray, 1840"](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=7173). *WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Nakano_2007_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Nakano_2007_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Nakano_2007_3-2) 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. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/mollus/eym001](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmollus%2Feym001). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** WoRMS (2010). *Discurria*. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456555](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456555) on 2010-08-03 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** WoRMS (2010). *Notoacmea* Iredale, 1915. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456334](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456334) on 2010-08-03 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** WoRMS (2010). *Patelloida* Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205118](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205118) on 2010-08-03 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** WoRMS (2010). *Collisella* Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153563](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153563) on 2010-08-03 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Gofas, S. (2010). *Tectura* Gray, 1847. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142) on 2010-08-03 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** WoRMS (2010). *Nipponacmea*. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391295](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391295) on 2010-08-03 Taxon identifiers Lottiidae Wikidata: Q149148 Wikispecies: Lottiidae ADW: Lottiidae AFD: Lottiidae BOLD: 432 CoL: 7NJJW EoL: 2592 EPPO: 1LOTTF GBIF: 6553 iNaturalist: 48751 IRMNG: 106767 ITIS: 204927 NBN: NHMSYS0021056383 NCBI: 69676 NZOR: f6bf0825-1b48-44ef-9ad7-9593ac84ce6c Open Tree of Life: 50477 Paleobiology Database: 60954 WoRMS: 7173 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lottiidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottiidae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottiidae?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.