Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies
2005 taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Lottiinae Gray, 1840 tribe Lottiini Gray, 1840 - synonym: Tecturidae Gray, 1847 tribe Scurriini Lindberg, 1988 Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
2007 taxonomy
Nakano & Ozawa (2007) made changes in taxonomy of Patellogastropoda based on molecular phylogeny research: Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850 is a synonym of Lottiidae and assigned genera Acmaea and Niveotectura into Lottiidae.
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:
Genera
Genera within the family Lottiidae include:
Subfamily Lottiinae
tribe Lottiini
Discurria Lindberg, 1988
Lottia Gray, 1833 - type species of the family Lottiidae
Notoacmea Iredale, 1915
Scurria Gray, 1847
Subfamily Patelloidinae Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
Patelloida Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Collisella Dall, 1871: synonym of Lottia Gray, 1833
Subfamily Tecturinae Gray, 1847
Tectura Gray, 1847
Subfamily incertae sedis
(Genera that were under Acmaeidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) formerly in subfamily Rhodopetalinae): Actinoleuca Oliver, 1926 Asteracmea Oliver, 1926 Atalacmea Iredale, 1915 † Boreoblinia O. Yu. Anistratenko, Burger & V. V. Anistratenko, 2010 Nipponacmea Sasaki & Okutani, 1993 Niveotectura Habe, 1944 Potamacmaea Peile, 1922 Radiacmea Iredale, 1915 Testudinalia Moskalev, 1966 Yayoiacmea Sasaki & Okutani, 1993