Patellidæ (patelide)

pl. [NL., Patella + -idæ.] A family of gastropods, typified by the genus Patella; the limpets. (a) Including such limpets as are otherwise separated as Acmaidæ (false limpets) and Lepetidæ. (6) Restricted to the true limpets, The animal has gills forming a row of leaflets around the foot, and the lingual ribbon has one or two lateral teeth three marginal each side. The shell is cone, open below, and has a horseshoe-shaped impre ion on the inside, open in front. These limpets are numerous in species and widely distributed. They live in general on rocky coasts, excavate a place for themselves on some rock where for the most part they rest, but whence they make excursions for food, chiefly at night. See cuts under patella and patelliform. Also Patellacea. patelliform (pā-tel'i-form), a. pan, dish, patella, + form a , form.] 1. Having the shape of a patella or kneepan. Also pat ellate.- 2. Having the form of a de pre ed and gener ally oblong cone or disk, hollow or un [L. patella , a partitioned within. Patellimani (pate-lim'a-ni), n. pl. [ NL., pl. of patelli manus: see patel limanous.] In Latreille's cla ification, a group of caraboid beetles, distinguished from the Simplicimani and Quad rim an i by the difference in the dilatation Patelliform Shell of Limpet ( Patella scutellar i us). tles, distinguish tarsi, the two anterior tarsi being patel of the tarsi, late in the males.