Moitessieriidae is a
family
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of small
freshwater snail
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s,
aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Truncatelloidea
Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Truncatelloidea''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= ...
.
[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]
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
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
region.
[Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". '']Hydrobiologia
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'' 595: 149–166. .
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
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History
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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
* ''
Sardopaladilhia''
Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998
* ''
Sorholia''
Boeters & Falkner, 2009
* ''
Spiralix''
Boeters, 1972[Boeters (1972). '']Archiv für Molluskenkunde
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Coverage
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'' 102(1–3): 100.[Prie V. (2010)]
"''Spiralix rayi''"
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* ''
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
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