patellogastropod

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Patellogastropoda, equivalent to patello- +‎ gastropod

Noun

patellogastropod (plural patellogastropods)

1. (zoology) Any gastropod of the clade Patellogastropoda.

   Synonym: true limpet

   • 2012, John A. Talent, Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time:

     However the prevailing opinion that the patellogastropods form the first offshoot of the gastropods is not supported by palaeontological data. The oldest indisputable evidence of the Patellogastropoda is from Late Triassic strata.