Rissoidae

Rissoidae
Black-and-white photo of apertural view of the paratype of Alvinia gallinacea from Poor Knights Islands.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Gray, 1847
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cingulinae Keen, 1971
  • Rissoinae Gray, 1847
  • Setiinae V. V. Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1994 (junior subjective synonym)

Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.