Rissoellidae

Family of gastropods


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::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Rissoella opalina.png | image_caption = Live Rissoella opalina | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = Gray, 1850 | taxon = Rissoellidae | authority = Gray, 1850 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Heterophrosynidae W. Clark, 1855 (n.a.)
  • Jeffreysiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

Rissoellidae are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Heterobranchia.

Rissoellidae is the only family within the superfamily Rissoelloidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

Genera within the family Rissoellidae include:

References

References

  1. {{Bouchet 2005
  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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