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Rissoidae

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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.

Distribution and habitat

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Rissoidae are found worldwide. They live on sandy or gravel bottoms among algae or marine plants. They are also found under rocks in crevices or other sheltered places.

Subfamilies

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The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi of 2005:

  • Rissoinae Gray, 1847
  • Rissoininae Stimpson, 1865

In 2013 the subfamily Rissoininae was elevated to the rank of family Rissoinidae by Criscione F. & Ponder W.F.[1]

Genera

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Genera within Rissoidae include:[2][3][4]

Alvania clathrella
Rissoina crassa
Taxon inquirendum
  • Flemingia Jeffreys, 1884
  • Paryphostoma Bayan, 1873
  • Polyhyba Haas, 1947
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Adolphinoba Powell, 1930: synonym of Attenuata Hedley, 1918
  • Alvinia Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Ameririssoa Ponder, 1985: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Apicularia Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Auriconoba Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Flemellia Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Galeodina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Goniostoma Villa, 1841: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Gueriniana Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Haurakiopsis A. W. B. Powell, 1937: synonym of Haurakia Iredale, 1915
  • Lamarckia Leach, 1852: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Lilacinia Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Linemera Finlay, 1924: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Loxostoma Bivona-Bernardi, 1838: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Manawatawhia Powell, 1937: synonym of Onoba (Manawatawhia) Powell, 1937 represented as Onoba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
  • Massotia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967: synonym of Merelina Iredale, 1915
  • Moniziella Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Alvania Risso, 1826
  • Nobolira Finlay, 1926: synonym of Attenuata Hedley, 1918
  • Ovirissoa Hedley, 1916: synonym of Onoba (Ovirissoa) Hedley, 1916 represented as Onoba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
  • Parvisetia Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Setia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
  • Persephona Leach, 1852: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Plagiostyla Fischer, 1872: synonym of Plagyostila de Folin, 1872
  • Promerelina Powell, 1926: synonym of Merelina Iredale, 1915
  • Radiata Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Pusillina Monterosato, 1884
  • Rissoia Bronn, 1848: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Rissostomia G. O. Sars, 1878: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Rudolphosetia Monterosato, 1917: synonym of Setia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
  • Sabanea Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Schwartzia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Sfaxiella Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Turboella Leach, 1847: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814
  • Turgidina Verduin, 1979: synonym of Pusillina Monterosato, 1884
  • Zippora Leach, 1852: synonym of Rissoa Desmarest, 1814

References

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  1. ^ Criscione, F.; Ponder, W.F. (2013). "A phylogenetic analysis of rissooidean and cingulopsoidean families (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 1075–1082. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.026. PMID 23238494.
  2. ^ Rissoidae Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Rissoidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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