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Acmaeidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Patellogastropoda.
The shells are conical, with the apex more or less anterior. The radula is a narrow ribbon with one central tooth on each side, two lateral teeth, and sometimes one or two marginal teeth. Species are found world-wide.
Genera and species
- Genus Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833
- Genus Actinoleuca Oliver, 1926
- Genus Asteracmea Oliver, 1926
- Genus Atalacmea Iredale, 1915
- Genus Patelloida Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
- Genus Radiacmea Iredale, 1915
Subfamily Acmaeinae
Subfamily Pectinodontinae
- Genus Pectinodonta
- Genus Problacmaea
- Problacmaea apicina (cap limpet)
- Problacmaea moskalevi
- Problacmaea rubella (reddish limpet)
- Problacmaea sybaritica (lush limpet)
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1