Rissoellidae

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

Rissoellidae
Live Rissoella opalina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

References

1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Cythnia Carpenter, 1864. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565658 on 2017-05-24

External links

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• ZipCodeZoo