Pectinodontidae


Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.

Taxonomy

This family was previously ranked as subfamily Pectinodontinae in the family Acmeaidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
Nakano & Ozawa elevated Pectinodontinae to family level Pectinodontidae based on molecular phylogeny research.
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of Patellogastropoda:

Genera

Genera in the family Pectinodontidae include:
Pectinodonta - the earliest known Pectinodonta are from Late Oligocene
Problacmaea Golikov & Kussakin, 1972 : synonym of Erginus Jeffreys, 1877
Bathyacmaea