Elachisinidae

Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.[1] [2]

Elachisinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Elachisinidae

W.F. Ponder, 1985
Genera and species

See text

Taxonomy

Genera within the family Elachisinidae include:

  • Genus Dolicrossea Iredale, 1924
  • Genus Elachisina Dall, 1918
    • Elachisina canarica Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
    • Elachisina globuloides Warén, 1972
  • Genus Laeviphitus
    • Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Microdochus Rehder, 1943: synonym of Elachisina Dall, 1918

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2012). Elachisinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23035 on 2012-03-25
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  • Cunha & Santos & Lima, New species of the genus Elachisina (Gastropoda: Elachisinidae) from northeastern Brazil; Zootaxa 4139 (1) pp. 131–134, 2016


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