Overview
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Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.1]
Taxonomy
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Genera within the family Elachisinidae include:
- Genus Elachisina W.H. Dall, 1918
- Elachisina canarica Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
- Elachisina globuloides War?n, 1972
- Genus Laeviphitus
- Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989
- Elachisina canarica Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
- Elachisina globuloides War?n, 1972
- Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & ; Giusti, 1989
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).
Taxonomy
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The Family Elachisinidae is a member of the Superfamily Rissooidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Elachisinidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily: Rissooidea
J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family: Elachisinidae W.F. Ponder, 1985
- Superfamily: Rissooidea
J.E. Gray, 1847
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Elachisinidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (4): Dolicrossea · Elachisina · Laeviphitus · Microdochus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in the Family Elachisinidae.
Genera
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Dolicrossea
Elachisina
Laeviphitus
Microdochus
More info about the Genus Microdochus may be found here.
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).
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