Rissoellidae

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

Rissoellidae
live Rissoella opalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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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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