Acmaeidae

Taxobox
name = Acmaeidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Patellogastropoda
subordo = Nacellina
superfamilia = Lottioidea
familia = Acmaeidae
familia_authority = Carpenter, 1857
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.

Acmaeidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Patellogastropoda.

The shells are conical, with the apex more or less anterior. The radula is a narrow ribbon with one central tooth on each side, two lateral teeth, and sometimes one or two marginal teeth. Species are found world-wide.

Genera and species

* Genus "Acmaea" Eschscholtz, 1833
* Genus "Actinoleuca" Oliver, 1926
* Genus "Asteracmea" Oliver, 1926
* Genus "Atalacmea" Iredale, 1915
* Genus "Patelloida" Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
* Genus "Radiacmea" Iredale, 1915Subfamily Acmaeinae
* Genus "Notoacmea" Iredale, 1915Subfamily Pectinodontinae
* Genus "Pectinodonta"
** "Pectinodonta arcuata"
* Genus "Problacmaea"
** "Problacmaea apicina" (cap limpet)
** "Problacmaea moskalevi"
** "Problacmaea rubella" (reddish limpet)
** "Problacmaea sybaritica" (lush limpet)

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1