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Pectinodontidae Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea, the true limpets. Lottioidea Taxonomy This family was previously ranked as subfamily Pectinodontinae (also with Acmaeinae a ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * ''

Pectinodonta alpha ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * '' Pectinodonta alta'' Schepman, 1908 * ''

Pectinodonta arcuata ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' Dall, 1882 * '' Pectinodonta aupouria'' B. A. Marshall, 1985 * ''

Pectinodonta aurora ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * '' Pectinodonta beta'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * ''

Pectinodonta borealis ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' Kaim, Hryniewic, C. Little & Nakrem, 2017 † * † '' Pectinodonta coniformis'' (Marwick, 1931) * ''

Pectinodonta gamma ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * ''

Pectinodonta gilbertvossi ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' Olsson, 1971 * † ''

Pectinodonta kapalae ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 1985 * ''

Pectinodonta komitica ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 1985 * ''

Pectinodonta marinovichi ''Pectinodonta marinovichi'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lotti ...

'' Marshall, 1998 * ''

Pectinodonta maxima ''Pectinodonta maxima'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea ...

'' (Dautzenberg, 1925) * ''

Pectinodonta mazuae ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2018 * ''

Pectinodonta morioria ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 1985 * ''

Pectinodonta obtusa ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''

Pectinodonta orientalis ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' Schepman, 1908 * † ''

Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' Lindberg & Hedegaard, 1996 * ''

Pectinodonta philippinarum ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pectinodonta'' include: * '' Pectinodonta alis'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, ...

'' B. A. Marshall, Puillandre, Lambourdière, Couloux & Samadi, 2016 * ''

Pectinodonta rhyssa ''Pectinodonta rhyssa'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea ...

'' (Dall, 1925) * † ''

Pectinodonta waitemata ''Pectinodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pectinodontidae Pectinodontidae is a family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea, the tr ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 1985

References

* Marshall, B. A.; Puillandre, N.; Lambourdiere, J.; Couloux, A.; Samadi, S. (2016). Deep-sea wood-eating limpets of the genus Pectinodonta Dall, 1882 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda: Pectinodontidae) from the tropical West Pacific. In: V. Héros et al. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 208: 23

External links

Dall, W. H. (1882). On certain limpets and chitons from the deep waters off the eastern coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 4: 400-414.

Marshall, B. A. (1985). Recent and Tertiary deep-sea limpets of the genus Pectinodonta Dall (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 12 (2): 273-282
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