Rissoellidae

Family of gastropods
title: "Rissoellidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rissoellidae", "gastropod-families", "taxa-named-by-john-edward-gray"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/rissoellidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rissoellidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::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:
- Cythnia Carpenter, 1864
- Rissoella Gray, 1847 - synonyms: Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912; Jeffreysia Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850
References
References
- {{Bouchet 2005
- 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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