Moitessieriidae Explained

Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.^[1]

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.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include:

• Atebbania Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999
• Baldufa Alba, Tarruella, Prats, Guillen & Corbella, 2010
• Bosnidilhia Boeters, Glöer & Pešić, 2013
• Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1882
• Clameia Boeters & E. Gittenberger, 1990
• Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009
• Henrigirardia Boeters & Falkner, 2003
• Iglica A. J. Wagner, 1928
• Lanzaia Brusina, 1906
• Lanzaiopsis Bole, 1989
• Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863 – type genus
• Palacanthilhiopsis Bernasconi, 1988
• Paladilhia Bourguignat, 1865
• Paladilhiopsis Pavlovic, 1913
• Palaospeum Boeters, 1999
• Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930
• Sardopaladilhia Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998
• Sorholia Boeters & Falkner, 2009
• Spiralix Boeters, 1972^{[3] [4]}
• Saxurinator Schütt, 1960
• Trogloiranica Fatemi, Malek-Hosseini, Falniowski, Hofman, Kuntner & Grego, 2019

Synonyms:

• Costellina Kuščer, 1933: synonym of Paladilhiopsis (Costellina) Kuščer, 1933 represented as Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913 (original rank)
• Vitrella Clessin, 1877: synonym of Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Vitrella Swainson, 1840; Bythiospeum is a replacement name)

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
• Wilke T. (2019). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. pp. 122–125, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

External links

• Bourguignat J.R. (1863) Monographie du nouveau genre français Moitessieria. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, ser. 2, 15(11): 432–445, pls 20–21.
• Falniowski, A.; Prevorčnik, S.; Delić, T.; Alther, R.; Altermatt, F.; Hofman, S. (2019). Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Folia Malacologica. 27(1): 61-70

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715907 on 2015-02-19
2. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149–166. .
3. Boeters (1972). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 102(1–3): 100.
4. Prie V. (2010). "Spiralix rayi". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. . Downloaded on 8 February 2013.