Docoglossa

Translingual

Patella vulgata (common limpet)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Docoglossa

1. 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