Overview
Rissooidea, originally named Rissoacea by Grey, 1847, is a large taxonomic superfamily of small and minute saltwater, brackish water, freshwater, and semi-terrestrial snails which have gills and an operculum. The gastropod mollusks in this superfamily are mostly marine, but as can be seen from the following list, the superfamily also includes some freshwater, brackish water, and semi-terrestrial families and genera.
Families within the superfamily Rissooidea include:
- Anabathridae, marine
- Assimineidae, semiterrestrial, also saltwater and freshwater
- Barleeiidae, marine
- Bithyniidae, freshwater
- Caecidae, marine
- Calopiidae, marine
- Cochliopidae, freshwater
- Elachisinidae, marine
- Emblandidae, marine (one species only)
- Epigridae, marine
- Falsicingulidae, marine
- Helicostoidae, freshwater (one species only)
- Hydrobiidae (including Amnicolidae, Istrianidae, Sadlerianidae), freshwater and brackish water
- Hydrococcidae, marine
- Iravadiidae, marine
- Lithoglyphidae, freshwater
- ? Mesocochliopidae Yu, 1987, marine (fossil only)
- Moitessieriidae, freshwater
- ? Palaeorissoinidae, marine (fossil only)
- Pomatiopsidae, freshwater
- Rissoidae, marine
- Stenothyridae, freshwater
- Tornidae, synonym Adeorbidae, marine
- Truncatellidae, semiterrestrial
Nomenclature
This superfamily was previously known as Rissoacea. Prior to the recent ruling by the ICZN, many invertebrate superfamily names ended in the suffix -acea, or -aceae, not -oidea as now required according the ICZN article 29.2. The suffix -oidea used to be used for some subclasses and superorders, where it is stll found. In much of the older literature including Keen 1958, Moore et al. 1952, and the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, gastropod superfamilies are written with the suffix -acea.[1][2][3]
reshwaterNomenclature
This superfamily was previously known as Rissoacea. Prior to the recent ruling by the ICZN, many invertebrate superfamily names ended in the suffix -acea, or -aceae, not -oidea as now required according the ICZN article 29.2. The suffix -oidea used to be used for some subclasses and superorders, where it is stll found. In much of the older literature including Keen 1958, Moore et al. 1952, and the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, gastropod superfamilies are written with the suffix -acea.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Keen A. M. (1958). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press.
- ^ Moore, Lalicker & Fischer (1952).Invertebrate Fossils. McGraw-Hill Book.
- ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; part K (Nautiloidea) 1964 and part L (Ammonoidea) 1962; Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas Press.
Taxonomy
The Superfamily Rissooidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (29): Adeorbidae · Amnicolidae · Anabathridae · Assimineidae · Barleeidae · Barleeiidae · Bithyniidae · Caecidae · Calopiidae · Cochliopidae · Elachisinidae · Emblandidae · Epigridae · Falsicingulidae · Helicostoidae · Hydrobiidae · Hydrococcidae · Iravadiidae · Lithoglyphidae · Mesocochliopidae · Moitessieriidae · Palaeorissoinidae · Pomatiopsidae · Rissoidae · Stenothyridae · Tornidae · Trochaclididae · Truncatellidae · Vitrinellidae
Families
Adeorbidae
Amnicolidae
Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. [more]
Anabathridae
Assimineidae
Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Barleeidae
Barleeiidae
Barleeiidae (often also spelled as Barleeidae) is a family of minute sea snails, micromollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. These snails are very abundant and live in sublittoral and intertidal waters on rocky substrates. [more]
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Caecidae
Caecidae is a taxonomic family of very small and minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. [more]
Calopiidae
Calopiidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea. [more]
Cochliopidae
Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. [more]
Elachisinidae
Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea and the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Emblandidae
Epigridae
Falsicingulidae
Falsicingulidae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Helicostoidae
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Hydrococcidae
Iravadiidae
Iravadiidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea and the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Lithoglyphidae
Mesocochliopidae
Moitessieriidae
Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea. [more]
Palaeorissoinidae
Pomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small mainly freshwater snails (but also in other habitats) with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]
Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. [more]
Stenothyridae
Stenothyridae is a family of freshwater snails, snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea. [more]
Tornidae
Tornidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae. [more]
Trochaclididae
Ataphridae, common name the false top snails, is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]
Truncatellidae
Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. [more]
Vitrinellidae
At least 29 species and subspecies belong to the Family Vitrinellidae.
More info about the Family Vitrinellidae may be found here.
References
- ^ Keen A. M. (1958). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press.
- ^ Moore, Lalicker & Fischer (1952).Invertebrate Fossils. McGraw-Hill Book.
- ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; part K (Nautiloidea) 1964 and part L (Ammonoidea) 1962; Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas Press.
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