Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea as described by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),.[2] However a molecular phylogenetic study of Patellogastropoda by Nakano & Ozawa (2007) found that Nacellidae was recovered within Lottioidea, as shown in the following cladogram:[4]
As a result Nacellidae was moved to Lottioidea in the taxonomic revision of Bouchet et al (2017).[3] More recently, a recent phylogenomic study found Nacellidae as a sister to Patellidae, which suggests that Nacellidae should be transferred to Patelloidea.[5][6]
^(in German)Thiele J. 1891. Das Gebiss der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolai, Berlin, 2(7): 249-334. Nacellidae is on the page 327.
^ abBouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 242–243.
^ abBouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Hausdorf B.; Kaim A.; Kano Y.; Nützel A.; Parkhaev P.; Schrödl M.; Strong E.E. (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia (1–2): 334.
^Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). "Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence". Journal of Molluscan Studies73(1) 79-99. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym001.
