Rank Superfamily | Scientific name Lottioidea Higher classification Gastropods | |
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Lower classifications Lottia, Lottia gigantea, Shield limpet, Patelloida corticata, Maoricrater explorata | ||
Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.
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2005 taxonomy
There are three families within Lottioidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
2007 taxonomy
Based on molecular research on the Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007) there were eight families in Lottioidea:
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