Vitrinellidae Explained

Vitrinellidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.^[1]

Genera

• Carinatus Rubio & Rolán, 2020
• Circulus Jeffreys, 1865
• Collatus Rubio & Rolán, 2019
• Monodosus Rubio & Rolán, 2016
• Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898
• † Rotellorbis Cossmann, 1888
• Vitrinella C. B. Adams, 1850

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Discreliotia Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898
• Liochrysta Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898
• Morchinella [sic]: synonym of Moerchinella Thiele, 1931: synonym of Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (misspelling)
• Soyorota Habe, 1961: synonym of Circulus Jeffreys, 1865
• Subfamily Vitrinellinae Bush, 1897: synonym of Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897

References

• Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp., 547 pp
• 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.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153704 on 2018-11-21