Pectinodontidae Pilsbry 1891

Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea, the true limpets. ^[1]

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)^[2] elevated Pectinodontinae to family level Pectinodontidae based on molecular phylogeny research.^[2]

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:^[2]

Patellogastropoda

Lottiidae (including Acmaea and Niveotectura)

Pectinodontidae

Lepetidae

Nacellidae

Patellidae

Eoacmaeidae

Genera

Genera in the family Pectinodontidae include:

• Bathyacmaea
• Bathyacmaea secunda Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
• Pectinodonta - the earliest known Pectinodonta are from Late Oligocene^[3]

References