Pectinodontidae
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Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lottioidea, the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family was previously ranked as subfamily Pectinodontinae (also with Acmaeinae and Rhodopetalinae) in the family Acmeaidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).
Nakano & Ozawa (2007) elevated Pectinodontinae to family level Pectinodontidae based on molecular phylogeny research.
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:
| Patellogastropoda | Lottiidae (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
Genera in the family Pectinodontidae include:
- Bathyacmaea
- Pectinodonta - the earliest known Pectinodonta are from Late Oligocene
Further reading
- Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K. 2006. . Journal of Molluscan Studies 2006 72(3):295-309; doi: