Rissoellidae

Rissoellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.

Rissoellidae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Rissoelloidea

Gray, 1850
Family:
Rissoellidae

Gray, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Heterophrosynidae W. Clark, 1855 (n.a.)
  • Jeffreysiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

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: Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912; Jeffreysia Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850
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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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
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