Nacellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Patellogastropoda.

Taxonomy

Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea as described by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),. However a molecular phylogenetic study of Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007) found that Nacellidae was recovered within Lottioidea, as shown in the following cladogram:

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

As a result Nacellidae was moved to Lottioidea in the taxonomic revision of Bouchet et al (2017). More recently, a recent phylogenomic study found Nacellidae as a sister to Patellidae, which suggests that Nacellidae should be transferred to Patelloidea.

Genera

Genera within the family Nacellidae include:

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