Rissoinidae Explained

Rissoinidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha. Several genera that were previously part of Rissoinidae have been assigned to the Zebinidae family.^[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Rissoinidae include:

• Ailinzebina Ladd, 1966
• Anteglosia H.E. Vokes, 1948†
• Apataxia Laseron, 1956
• Bralitzia Gründel, 1998†
• Buvignieria Cossmann, 1921†
• Chiliostigma Melvill, 1918
• Hudlestoniella Cossmann, 1909†
• Lamellirissoina Kuroda & Habe, 1991
• Leaella Cossmann, 1921†
• Moerchiella G. Nevill, 1885
• Ottoina Harris & Palmer, 1947†
• Parazebinella Boettger, 1893
• Phosinella Mörch, 1876
• Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Rissoinella Oyama in Taki & Oyama, 1954
• Sulcorissoina Kosuge, 1965
• Zebinella Mörch, 1876
• Zebinostoma Conti & Fischer, 1982†

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Austrosina Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Caporista Iredale, 1955: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Condylicia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Costalynia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Dentrissoina Laseron, 1956: synonym of Tomlinella Viader, 1938
• Fractoralla Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Laseronia Cotton, 1959: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Peripetella Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Phintorene Iredale, 1955: synonym of Phosinella Mörch, 1876
• Planapexia Laseron, 1956: synonym of Phosinella Mörch, 1876
• Pleneconea Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Rissolina Gould, 1861: synonym of Rissoina (Rissolina) Gould, 1861 represented as Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Stiva Hedley, 1904: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
• Zymalata Laseron, 1956: synonym of Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840

References

• Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1–221
• Sleurs W.J.M. (1993). A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Ailinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 63: 71–135
• Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2013) A phylogenetic analysis of rissooidean and cingulopsoidean families (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 1075–1082

Notes and References

1. Criscione, F., Ponder, W. F., Köhler, F., Takano, T. & Kano, Y. (2017) A molecular phylogeny of Rissoidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) allows testing the diagnostic utility of morphological traits Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 23–40