Rissoellidae
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| live Rissoella opalina | |
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| Superfamily: | Rissoelloidea Gray, 1850
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| Family: | Rissoellidae Gray, 1850
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Rissoellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.
Rissoellidae is the only family within the superfamily Rissoelloidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.[1]
Genera[]
Genera within the family Rissoellidae include:
- Cythnia Carpenter, 1864[2]
- Rissoella Gray, 1847 - synonyms: Iredale, 1912; Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850
References[]
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Cythnia Carpenter, 1864. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565658 on 2017-05-24
External links[]
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ZipCodeZoo
Categories:
- Rissoellidae
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray