Moitessieriidae

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Moitessieriidae
Iglica soussensis (MNHN-IM-2000-27092).jpeg
Shell of Iglica soussensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Moitessieriidae
Bourguignat, 1863
Type genus
MoitessieriaBourguignat, 1863

Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea. [1]

Contents

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Moitessieriidae has no subfamilies.

There are known 55 freshwater species of Moitessieriidae in the Palearctic region. [2]

Genera

Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include:

Synonyms

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Littorinimorpha</span> Order of gastropods

Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails, but also including some freshwater snails and land snails.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hydrobiidae</span> Family of snails

Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha.

<i>Bythinella</i> Genus of gastropods

Bythinella is a genus of very small freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bythinellidae.

Bythiospeum is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

<i>Moitessieria</i> Genus of gastropods

Moitessieria is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Moitessieriidae.

Moitessieria simoniana is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Moitessieriidae. This species is found in France and Spain.

Palacanthilhiopsis is a genus of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.

<i>Paladilhia</i> Genus of gastropods

Paladilhia is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Moitessieriidae.

<i>Pseudamnicola</i> Genus of gastropods

Pseudamnicola is a genus of small brackish water snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pseudamnicolinae of the family Hydrobiidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cochliopidae</span> Family of gastropods

Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lithoglyphidae</span> Family of gastropods

Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

<i>Mercuria</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Mercuria is a genus of small brackish water snails or freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

<i>Iglica</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods


Iglica is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.

<i>Islamia</i> Genus of gastropods

Islamia is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Truncatelloidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.

<i>Spiralix</i> Genus of gastropods

Spiralix is a genus of very small aquatic snails, operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715907 on 2015-02-19
  2. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149–166. hdl : 10088/7390 doi : 10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  3. Boeters (1972). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 102(1–3): 100.
  4. Prie V. (2010). "Spiralix rayi". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 February 2013.