''Iothia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, the
true limpet
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The clade Patellogastropoda ...
s, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lepetidae
Lepetidae is a family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy ...
.
Species
The following species within the genus ''Iothia'' are recognised by the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:
*''
Iothia albescens''
( Philippi, 1846) (nomen dubium)
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Iothia emarginuloides
''Iothia emarginuloides'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets. This species was previously known as ''Iothia coppingeri''.
Taxonomy
The type specim ...
''
(Philippi, 1868)
*''
Iothia fulva''
( O. F. Müller, 1776)
*''
Iothia lindbergi''
McLean
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, 1985
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Iothia megalodon''
Warén, Nakano & Sellanes, 2011
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Iothia antarctica''
(E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia coppingeri''
(E. A. Smith, 1881): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia depressa''
(Hedley, 1916): synonym of ''Nacella polaris''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of ''
Nacella concinna
''Nacella concinna'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.Bouchet, P. (2014). Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841). Accessed through: World R ...
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(Strebel, 1908)
* ''Iothia fulviformis''
(Egorova, 1972): synonym of ''Iothia emarginuloides''
(Philippi, 1868)
* ''Iothia pelseneeri''
(Thiele, 1912): synonym of ''
Propilidium pelseneeri''
Thiele, 1912
* ''Iothia radiata''
(M. Sars, 1851): synonym of ''
Piliscus commodus''
(Middendorff, 1851)
References
* Forbes, E. 1849. ''On the genera of British Patellacea.'' The Athenaeum 1145: 1018
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
Lepetidae
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