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
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 Paleology Database

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