Nacellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Patellogastropoda.
Taxonomy
Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea as described by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),. However a molecular phylogenetic study of Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007) found that Nacellidae was recovered within Lottioidea, as shown in the following cladogram:Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). "Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence". Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99. .
As a result Nacellidae was moved to Lottioidea in the taxonomic revision of Bouchet et al (2017). More recently, a recent phylogenomic study found Nacellidae as a sister to Patellidae, which suggests that Nacellidae should be transferred to Patelloidea.
Genera Genera within the family Nacellidae include: Cellana H. Adams, 1869 Naccula Iredale, 1924Iredale T. (1924). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 49: 182, 238. Nacella Schumacher, 1817 - type genus Macclintockia Gould, 1846: taxon inquirendum - one species Macclintockia scabra (Gould, 1846): synonym of Lottia scabra (Gould, 1846)
References
External links Cunha T.J. & Giribet G. (2019). A congruent topology for deep gastropod relationships. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286(20182776): 1-8