Carpenter, 1857
Shell a shallow, smooth cone with apex towards anterior margin. Foot oval or slightly rectangular, no epipodial tentacles or operculum. Nuchal cavity behind head with single prominent ctenidium, protruding beyond shell margin in active animals; pallial gills absent. Animal firmly attached to hard substrata.
Source: Hayward et al., 1990.
The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:
Genus Acmaea
Acmaea virginea