Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Lottioidea

Rhodopetalidae Lindberg, 1981

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Erginidae A. V. Chernyshev, 2018 synonym

Children

Erginus Jeffreys, 1877

Literature

original description

Lindberg D.L. (1981). Rhodopetalinae, a new subfamily of Acmaeidae from the boreal Pacific: anatomy and systematics. Malacologia. 20(2): 291-305.

status source

Sharina, S.N. & Chernyshev, A.V. (2022). The taxonomic position of brooding limpets of the genera Erginus and Rhodopetala (Patellogastropoda). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 299: 200-206.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhodopetalidae Lindberg, 1981. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1353950

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-06-28 by Philippe Bouchet

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