Docoglossa

Translingual

Patella vulgata (common limpet)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek δοκός (dokós, “beam, bar”) + γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “tongue”).

Proper noun

Docoglossa

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – the true limpets.

Synonyms

(order): Patellogastropoda

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Eogastropoda - subclass

Hyponyms

(order): Lepetopsina, Nacellina, Patellina (suborders)
- Metoptomatidae (family, incertae sedis)

References

Limpet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Docoglossa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Patellogastropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Patellogastropoda at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Patellogastropoda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Patellogastropoda at World Register of Marine Species
Docoglossa at Paleobiology Database

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