Acmaeidae

Whitecap limpet Acmaea mitra, copyright Mary Jo Adams.


Belongs within: Patellogastropoda.
Contains: Acmaea (Collisella).

The Acmaeidae are a group of conical limpets found in the North Pacific. Living members of the family have a radula with three pairs of uniform lateral teeth (Nakano & Ozawa 2004). The type species of the family, Acmaea mitra, has a white, nearly smooth shell with a central apex (Knight et al. 1960).

<==Acmaeidae [Acmaeadae]
    |--Niveotectura Habe 1944 KC60
    |    `--N. pallida (Gould 1859) NO04
    |--Rhodopetala Dall 1921 [Rhodopetalinae] BR05
    |    `--*R. rosea (Dall 1872) KC60 [=Acmaea rosea BR17, Nacella rosea KC60, Helcion (*R.) roseus KC60]
    |--Marbodeia Chelot 1887 [=Guerangeria Cossmann 1885 non Oehlert 1881] KC60
    |    `--*M. clypeola (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842) [=Patella clypeola, *Guerangeria clypeola] KC60
    |--Hamptoniella Wenz 1938 [=Hamptonia Haber 1932 (n. n.) non Walcott 1920] KC60
    |    `--*H. hamponensis (Morris & Lycett 1851) [=Umbrella hamptonensis] KC60
    |--Potamacmaea Peile 1922 KC60
    |    `--*P. fluviatilis (Blanford 1868) [=Tectura fluviatilis] KC60
    |--Erginus Jeffreys 1877 [Erginini] BR17
    |    `--*E. rubella (Fabricius 1780) BR17 [=Patella rubella BR17, Lepeta rubella J64]
    |--Conorhytis Cossmann 1907 KC60
    |    |--*C. squamula (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863) [=Patella squamula] KC60
    |    `--C. raduloides KC60
    |--Deslongchampsia M’Coy ex Morris & Lycett 1851 KC60
    |    |--*D. appendiculata (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842) [=Patella appendiculata] KC60
    |    `--D. eugenei KC60
    |--Asteracmea Oliver 1926 P61
    |    |--*A. illibrata (Verco 1906) KC60 [=Helcioniscus illibrata P61, Acmaea (*Asteracmea) illibrata KC60]
    |    |--A. axiaerata Verco 1912 C46
    |    |--A. crebristriata Verco 1904 C46
    |    |--A. mellila Iredale 1924 C46
    |    |--A. roseoradiata Verco 1912 C46
    |    |--A. stowae Verco 1906 C46
    |    `--A. suteri (Iredale 1915) P61
    |--Atalacmea Iredale 1915 P61
    |    |--*A. fragilis (Sowerby 1823) P61 (see below for synonymy)
    |    `--A. multilinea Powell 1934 P61
    |--Radiacmea Iredale 1915 P61
    |    |--*R. cingulata (Hutton 1883) KC60 [=Acmaea cingulata P61]
    |    |--R. inconspicua (Gray 1843) P61 [=Patella inconspicua F27, Cellana inconspicua F27]
    |    |--R. intermedia (Suter 1907) P61
    |    |--R. macquariensis Hedley 1916 F27
    |    `--R. rubiginosa Hutton 1873 C46 [=Fissurella rubiginosa F27]
    |--Actinoleuca Oliver 1926 P61
    |    |--*A. campbelli (Filhol 1880) P61 [=Patella campbelli P61, Acmaea (*Actinoleuca) campbelli KC60]
    |    |    |--A. c. campbelli P61
    |    |    `--A. c. bountyensis Powell 1955 P61
    |    |--A. calamus Crosse & Fischer 1864 C46
    |    |--A. macquariensis (Hedley 1916) P61
    |    |--A. multiradialis Chapman & Gabriel 1923 C46
    |    `--A. polyactina Verco 1912 C46
    |--Scurriopsis Gemmellaro 1879 KC60
    |    |  i. s.: S. cycloides Tichy 1979 TTE93
    |    |--*S. (Scurriopsis) neumayri Gemmellaro 1879 KC60
    |    |--S. (Dietrichiella Haber ex Wenz 1938) KC60
    |    |    `--S. (*D.) kindopensis (Dietrich 1914) [=Patella kindopensis] KC60
    |    `--S. (Hennocquia Haber ex Wenz 1938) KC60
    |         `--S. (*H.) hennocquii (Terquem 1855) [=Patella hennocquii] KC60
    |--Notoacmea Iredale 1915 P61
    |    |  i. s.: N. elongata HS01
    |    |         N. mayi May 1923 C46
    |    |         N. petterdi Tenison Woods 1877 C46
    |    |         N. scabrilirata Angas 1864 C46
    |    |         N. septiformis Quoy & Gaimard 1834 C46
    |    |--*N. (N.) pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) P61 [=Patelloida pileopsis P61, Acmaea (*N.) pileopsis KC60]
    |    |    |--N. p. pileopsis P61
    |    |    |--N. p. cellanoides Oliver 1926 P61
    |    |    |--N. p. sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot 1841) P61
    |    |    `--N. p. subantarctica Oliver 1926 P61
    |    |--N. (Conacmea Oliver 1926) P61
    |    |    |--N. (*C.) parviconoidea (Suter 1907) P61 [=Acmaea parviconoidea KC60]
    |    |    |--‘Conacmea’ corosa Oliver 1926 C46
    |    |    `--‘Conacmea’ subundulata Angas 1865 [incl. C. alta Oliver 1926] C46
    |    |--N. (Parvacmea Iredale 1915) P61
    |    |    |--N. (*P.) daedala (Suter 1907) P61 [=Acmaea daedala KC60]
    |    |    |--N. (P.) helmsi (Smith 1894) C46, P61
    |    |    |    |--N. h. helmsi P61
    |    |    |    `--N. h. scapha (Suter 1907) P61
    |    |    |--‘Parvacmea’ nukumaruensis C46
    |    |    |--N. (P.) subtilis (Suter 1907) C46, P61
    |    |    `--N. (P.) virescens Oliver 1926 C46, P61
    |    |--N. (Subacmea Oliver 1926) P61
    |    |    |--N. (*S.) scopulina Oliver 1926 P61 [=Acmaea (*S.) scopulina KC60]
    |    |    `--‘Subacmea’ corrodenda May 1919 C46
    |    `--N. (Thalassacmea Oliver 1926) P61
    |         `--N. (*T.) badia Oliver 1926 P61 [=Acmaea (*T.) badia KC60]
    `--Acmaea Eschscholtz 1833 [Acmaeinae] BR05
         |  i. s.: A. alveus O27
         |         A. atrata C64
         |         A. costata (Sowerby 1839) [=Lottia costata] H09
         |         A. dorsuosa Gould 1859 C64
         |         A. fascicularis C64
         |         A. fenestrata S59
         |           |--A. f. fenestrata S59
         |           `--A. f. cribraria S59
         |         A. filosa C64
         |         A. helmsi Smith 1894 H15
         |         A. mamillata [=Patella mamillata] C64
         |         A. marcusi Righi 1966 AH96
         |         A. mitella C64
         |         A. monswoodensis Etheridge 1904 F71
         |         A. sieboldi C64
         |         A. spectrum O27
         |         A. subrotundata C64
         |         A. subrugosa d’Orbigny 1841 AH96
         |         A. testudinalis C63
         |         A. vernicosa C64
         |         A. virginea (Müller 1776) AH96
         |--A. (Acmaea) BR17
         |    |--*A. (A.) mitra Eschscholtz 1833 BR17
         |    |    |--A. m. mitra O27
         |    |    `--A. m. funiculata Carpenter 1864 O27
         |    `--A. (A.) discors [=Patella (Acmaea) discors] C64
         |--A. (Chiazacmea Oliver 1926) KC60
         |    |--A. (*C.) flammea (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) [=Patelloida flammea] KC60
         |    |--‘Chiazacmea’ cavilla Iredale 1924 C46
         |    |--‘Chiazacmea’ conoidea Quoy & Gaimard 1834 C46
         |    |--‘Chiazacmea’ heteromorpha Oliver 1926 C46
         |    |--‘Chiazacmea’ minuta Iredlae 1924 C46
         |    |--‘Chiazacmea’ mixta Reeve 1855 C46
         |    |--A. (C.) mufria (Hedley 1915) H15, C46 [=Chiazacmea mufria C46]
         |    `--‘Chiazacmea’ queenslandiae Oliver 1926 C46
         |--A. (Collisella) KC60
         |--A. (Collisellina Dall 1871) KC60
         |    |--A. (*C.) saccharina (Linnaeus 1758) KC60 (see below for synonymy)
         |    |--‘Collisellina’ lanx C46
         |    |--‘Collisellina’ latistrigata Angas 1865 C46
         |    |--‘Collisellina’ stella Lesson 1830 C46
         |    `--‘Collisellina’ submarmorata Pilsbry 1891 C46
         |--A. (Conoidacmaea Habe 1944) KC60
         |    `--A. (*C.) heroldi (Dunker 1861) [=Patella heroldi] KC60
         |--A. (Kikukozara Habe 1944) KC60
         |    `--A. (*K.) langfordi (Habe 1944) [=Collisella (*K.) langfordi] KC60
         |--A. (Naccula Iredale 1924) KC60
         |    |--A. (N.) punctata (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) (see below for synonymy) KC60
         |    `--‘Naccula’ compressa Verco 1906 C46
         `--A. (Nomaeopelta) mesoleuca EO64

Acmaea (*Collisellina) saccharina (Linnaeus 1758) KC60 [=Patella saccharina KC60; incl. Collisellina stellaris Bolten 1798 C46]

Acmaea (Naccula) punctata (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) [=Patelloida punctata; incl. Nacella parva Angas 1878, *Naccula parva] KC60

*Atalacmea fragilis (Sowerby 1823) P61 [=Patella fragilis P61, Acmaea (*Atalacmea) fragilis KC60; incl. P. unguisalmae Lesson 1830 F27]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[BR17] Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl & E. E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61 (1–2): 1–526.

[C64] Carpenter, P. P. 1864. Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 33: 517–686.

[C63] Clarke, A. H., Jr. 1963. Supplementary notes on pre-Columbian Littorina littorea in Nova Scotia. Nautilus 77 (1): 8–11.

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[NO04] Nakano, T., & T. Ozawa. 2004. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 31–41.

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[TTE93] Tracey, S., J. A. Todd & D. H. Erwin. 1993. Mollusca: Gastropoda. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 131–167. Chapman & Hall: London.

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