Moitessieriidae

(Family)

Overview

Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea.^2]

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.^[1]

Genera

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Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include:

Genus Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863 - type genus
Genus Paladilhia Bourguignat, 1865

ong_2008_0-0">^a ^b Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.

^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).

Taxonomy

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The Family Moitessieriidae is a member of the Superfamily Rissooidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Moitessieriidae:

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: Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863

The Family Moitessieriidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (6): Clameia · Henrigirardia · Paladilhia · Palaospeum · Sardopaladilhia · Spiralix
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in the Family Moitessieriidae.

Genera

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Clameia

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Henrigirardia

Paladilhia

Paladilhia is a genus of in the Hydrobiidae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Palaospeum

Sardopaladilhia

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Spiralix

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At least 12 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Spiralix.

More info about the Genus Spiralix may be found here.

References

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^ ^a ^b Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).

Sources

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