Elachisinidae

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Elachisinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Elachisinidae
W.F. Ponder, 1985
Genera and species

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Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea and the clade Littorinimorpha. [1] [2]

Taxonomy

Genera within the family Elachisinidae include:

  • Genus Dolicrossea Iredale, 1924
  • Genus Elachisina W.H. Dall, 1918
    • Elachisina canarica Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
    • Elachisina globuloides Warén, 1972
  • Genus Laeviphitus
    • Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Microdochus Rehder, 1943: synonym of Elachisina Dall, 1918

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2012). Elachisinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23035 on 2012-03-25
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2). 


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