PATELLIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(limpets)

PATELLIDAE (limpets) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Patella
rock limpets
Genus 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPATELLIDAE (limpets)
OrderPATELLOGASTROPODA (an order of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PATELLIDAE (limpets)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the hand () Beedham, G.E. 1972 Identification of the British Mollusca Hulton Group Keys, 236pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

PATELLIDAE (limpets) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PATELLIDAE (limpets):

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