Rissoellidae

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

Phylum:Mollusca
Infraclass:Euthyneura
Subterclass:Acteonimorpha
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Rissoellidae
Live Rissoella opalina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Subterclass: Acteonimorpha
Superfamily: Rissoelloidea
Gray, 1850
Family: Rissoellidae
Gray, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Heterophrosynidae W. Clark, 1855 (n.a.)
  • Jeffreysiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
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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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