Rissoinidae is a large family of sea snails.[1] Members of the Rissoinidae have an operculum and are very small in size. Several genera that were previously part of Rissoinidae have been assigned to the Zebinidae family.[2]

Rissoinidae
Three worn shells of Rissoina crassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Stimpson, 1865
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Phosinellinae Coan, 1964 (junior synonym)
  • Rissoininae Stimpson, 1865
  • Rissoinoidea Stimpson, 1865
  • Rissolinidae Voorwinde, 1966 (Based on Rissolina Gould, 1861, a junior synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840)

Genera

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Genera within the family Rissoinidae include:[1]

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Austrosina Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Caporista Iredale, 1955: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Condylicia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Costalynia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Dentrissoina Laseron, 1956: synonym of Tomlinella Viader, 1938
  • Fractoralla Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Laseronia Cotton, 1959: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Peripetella Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Phintorene Iredale, 1955: synonym of Phosinella Mörch, 1876
  • Planapexia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Phosinella Mörch, 1876
  • Pleneconea Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Rissolina Gould, 1861: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Stiva Hedley, 1904: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Zymalata Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840

References

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  1. ^ a b Rissoinidae Stimpson, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ Criscione, F., Ponder, W. F., Köhler, F., Takano, T. & Kano, Y. (2017) A molecular phylogeny of Rissoidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) allows testing the diagnostic utility of morphological traits Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 23–40