Moitessieria
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| Moitessieria | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Moitessieria boetersi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Moitessieriidae |
| Genus: | Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paludina simoniana Saint-Simon, 1848 | |
Moitessieria is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Moitessieriidae.[2]
Moitessieria is the type genus of the family Moitessieriidae.