Phenacolepadidae


Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha.
This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include:
; Genera brought into synonymy:Cinnalapeta Iredale, 1929: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992: synonym of Shinkailepas Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888Scutellina Gray, 1847: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888