Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Subfamilies

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Lottiinae Gray, 1840 tribe Lottiini Gray, 1840 - synonym: Tecturidae Gray, 1847 tribe Scurriini Lindberg, 1988
  • Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
A live individual of Discurria insessa

2007 taxonomy

Nakano & Ozawa (2007) made changes in taxonomy of Patellogastropoda based on molecular phylogeny research: Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 is a synonym of Lottiidae and assigned genera Acmaea and Niveotectura into Lottiidae.

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:

PatellogastropodaLottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae Patellidae Eoacmaeidae
Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae Patellidae
Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura) Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae
Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura)
Pectinodontidae Lepetidae Nacellidae
Pectinodontidae Lepetidae
Pectinodontidae
Lepetidae
Nacellidae
Patellidae
Eoacmaeidae

Genera

Lottia gigantea
Tectura palacea feeding on the algal film on the surface of a blade of Phyllospadix

Genera within the family Lottiidae include:

Subfamily Lottiinae

Subfamily Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923

Subfamily Tecturinae Gray, 1847

Subfamily incertae sedis

(Genera that were under Acmaeidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae):