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Patelloida
Dorsal view of the shell of Patelloida corticata
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Patelloida

Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Collisellina Dall, 1871
  • Radiacmea Iredale, 1915
  • Chiazacmea Oliver, 1926
  • Actinoleuca Oliver, 1926

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

Species within the genus Patelloida include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [1]

Patelloida mufria
Patelloida victoriana

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [2]

References

  • "Patelloida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1: