Rissoellidae are a

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of small

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the subclass

Heterobranchia Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs (meaning "different gill"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic, and terrestrial gastropod molluscs. Heterobranchia is one of the main clades of gastropods. Currently Het ...

. Rissoellidae is the only family within the superfamily Rissoelloidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

Genera within the family Rissoellidae include: * '' Cythnia'' Carpenter, 1864Bouchet, 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 * '' Rissoella'' Gray, 1847 - synonyms: '' Heterorissoa'' Iredale, 1912; '' Jeffreysia'' Alder n Forbes & Hanley 1850

References

External links

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q7336371, from2=Q21215051 Gastropod families Taxa named by John Edward Gray