:Rissoellidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rissoella opalina.png

| image_caption = Live Rissoella opalina

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = Gray, 1850

| taxon = Rissoellidae

| authority = Gray, 1850

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

  • Heterophrosynidae W. Clark, 1855 (n.a.)
  • Jeffreysiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

}}

Rissoellidae are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Heterobranchia.

Rissoellidae is the only family within the superfamily Rissoelloidea in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.{{Bouchet 2005}}

Genera

Genera within the family Rissoellidae include:

  • Cythnia Carpenter, 1864Bouchet, P. (2015). Cythnia Carpenter, 1864. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565658 on 2017-05-24
  • Rissoella Gray, 1847 - synonyms: Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912; Jeffreysia Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850

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