Lissochilus
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| Lissochilus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | †Lissochilus Zittel, 1882 |
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Lissochilus is a genus of extinct marine snails in the family Neritidae, originally described as a subgenus of its type genus, Nerita, in 1882.[a] Despite first being named by one Pethö in a manuscript, that work was only published in 1906, making Zittel the first author who made this name available.[1]
A genus of cyprinid fish was named in 1916 and also dubbed Lissochilus; due to taxonomic rules dictating the need for priority, this name is invalid, being a junior synonym of Lissochilus Zittel, 1882. The species assigned to it were subsequently moved to other genera, such as Acrossocheilus, Hypsibarbus, Poropuntius, and Neolissochilus.[3]