Rissoinidae

Rissoinidae
Three worn shells of Rissoina crassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Stimpson, 1865
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Phosinellinae Coan, 1964 (junior synonym)
  • Rissoininae Stimpson, 1865
  • Rissoinoidea Stimpson, 1865
  • Rissolinidae Voorwinde, 1966 (Based on Rissolina Gould, 1861, a junior synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840)

Rissoinidae is a large family of sea snails.[1] Members of the Rissoinidae have an operculum and are very small in size. Several genera that were previously part of Rissoinidae have been assigned to the Zebinidae family.[2]

  1. ^ Rissoinidae Stimpson, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ Criscione, F., Ponder, W. F., Köhler, F., Takano, T. & Kano, Y. (2017) A molecular phylogeny of Rissoidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) allows testing the diagnostic utility of morphological traits Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 23–40