''Spiralix'' is a
genus
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of very small
aquatic snail
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s,
operculate
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Moitessieriidae
Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spiralix Boeters, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723847 on 2022-06-20]
Species
* ''
Spiralix affinitatis''
Boeters, 2003
* ''
Spiralix asturica''
Quiñonero-Salgado, Ruiz-Cobo & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Spiralix burgensis''
Boeters, 2003
* ''
Spiralix burgundina''
(Locard, 1883)
* ''
Spiralix calida''
Corbella, Guillén, Prats, Tarruella & Alba, 2014
* ''
Spiralix clarae''
Quiñonero-Salgado, Ruiz-Cobo & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Spiralix collieri''
(Nicolas, 1891)
* ''
Spiralix cubelli''
Quiñonero-Salgado, López-Soriano, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Spiralix gloriae''
(Rolán & Martínez-Ortí, 2003)
* ''
Spiralix gusii''
Quiñonero-Salgado, López-Soriano, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Spiralix heisenbergi''
Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2021
* ''
Spiralix hofmanni''
Boeters & Falkner, 2003
* ''
Spiralix kuiperi''
Boeters & Falkner, 2009
* ''
Spiralix mieraensis''
Quiñonero-Salgado, Ruiz-Cobo & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Spiralix ovidiensis''
Girardi & Bertrand, 2009
* ''
Spiralix pequenoensis''
Boeters, 2003
* ''
Spiralix puteana''
(Coutagne, 1883)
* ''
Spiralix rayi''
(Bourguignat, 1883)
* ''
Spiralix thaisensis''
Girardi, 2009
* ''
Spiralix tuba''
Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Spiralix valenciana''
Boeters, 2003
* ''
Spiralix vetusta'
' Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2018
* ''
Spiralix vitrea''
(Draparnaud, 1801)
;Synonyms:
* ''Spiralix corsica''
(R. Bernasconi, 1994) : synonym of ''
Corseria corsica''
(R. Bernasconi, 1994) (new combination)
References
* Boeters, H. D. (1972). Westeuropaische Moitessieriidae, 1. Spiralix n. subgen. (Prosobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102: 99–106.
External links
Boeters, H. D. (2003). Supplementary notes on Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae from the Iberian Peninsula (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda). Basteria. 67(1/3): 1-41
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Gastropod genera
Moitessieriidae