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Patellidae
Patellidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Patellidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Docoglossa – some of the limpets.
Hypernyms
- (family): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Gastropoda - class; Eogastropoda - subclass; Docoglossa - order; Patellina - suborder; Patelloidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Ansates (= Patella), Cymbula, Helcion, Helioniscus (= Cellana within Nacellidae), Patella, Rhodopetala, Scutellastra (or a subgenus of Patella) (genera)