Barleeiidae

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Barleeiidae
Barleeia rubra - Adams.jpg
shell of Barleeia rubra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Barleeiidae
Gray, 1857
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Ansolidae Slavoshevskaya, 1975
  • Barleeidae [sic] (misspelling)a

Barleeiidae (often also spelled Barleeidae) is a family of minute sea snails, micromollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. [1]

Contents

These snails are very abundant and live in sublittoral and intertidal waters on rocky substrates.

The shells are conical to high-spired. Their inner shell layer is chitinous. They are further characterized by a foot with sometimes a posterior mucous gland. Their olfactory organ, the osphradium is enlarged. In some species there are oesophageal pouches present. Their penis is sometimes provided with prostatic tissue. Their oviduct glands show a simple histology. [2]

Few malacologists are currently working on micromollusks. Since they are so small (only a few millimeters in size), they are difficult to study and classify. Therefore, these small mollusks are less well known than the larger ones.

Genera

Genera in the family Baleeiidae include:

Related Research Articles

<i>Barleeia</i> Genus of gastropods

Barleeia, or the barleysnails, is a genus of very small sea snails. They are marine gastropod micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae. These snails are usually only a couple of millimeters in length.

Rissooidea

Rissooidea, originally named Rissoacea by Gray, 1847, is a taxonomic superfamily of small and minute marine snails, belonging to the clade Littorinimorpha.

Pyramidellidae Family of sea snails

Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs.

Cystiscidae Family of sea snails

Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.

Solariellidae

Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea.

Iravadiidae

Iravadiidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.

Coralliophilinae Subfamily of gastropods

Coralliophilinae is a taxonomic group, a subfamily of about 200–250 sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as the coral snails or coral shells. This is a subfamily within the very large family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails.

<i>Crisilla basteriae</i> Species of gastropod

Crisilla basteriae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

<i>Cingula trifasciata</i> Species of gastropod

Cingula trifasciata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

<i>Hyala vitrea</i>

Hyala vitrea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

Onoba kergueleni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

<i>Obtusella</i>

Obtusella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

Voorwindia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

<i>Acliceratia beddomei</i> Species of gastropod

Acliceratia beddomei is a species of very small somewhat amphibious land snail with a gill and an operculum, a semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

Lirobarleeia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae.

Iravadia is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

<i>Liroceratia</i>

Liroceratia is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

Hyala is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Iravadiidae. They are subsurface deposit feeders.

Nozeba is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.

<i>Caelatura</i> Genus of gastropods

Caelatura is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Barleeiidae.

References

  1. Gofas S. (1995). A remarkable species richness of the Barleeidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) in the Eastern Atlantic. The Nautilus 109(1): 14-37
  2. Ponder W. F. (1983). "Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoacea)". Records of the Australian Museum35: 231-281.
  3. WoRMS (2009). Ketosia. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391637 on 2010-09-16