Patellidae

Patellidae
A group of live Patella vulgata on an intertidal rock
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera

4 extant genera (see text)

Patellidae is a taxonomic family of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Patelloidea.[1] (The superfamily Patelloidea should not be confused with the similar-sounding genus of true limpets Patelloida which is in the family Lottiidae within the superfamily Lottioidea, also part of the Patellogastropoda.)

The largest known limpet in the world is Scutellastra mexicana that can reach 35.5 cm (14.0 in) in length.[2]

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