Elachisinidae

Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the order Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

Genera within the family Elachisinidae include:

• † Cirsope <small>Cossmann, 1888</small>
• Dolicrossea <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
• Elachisina <small>Dall, 1918</small>
• † Entomope <small>Cossmann, 1888</small>
• † Lacunella <small>Deshayes, 1861</small>
• Laeviphitus <small>van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989</small>
• Laeviphitus verduini <small>van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989</small>
• Ponderinella <small>B. A. Marshall, 1988</small>
• † Pseudocirsope <small>O. Boettger, 1907</small>

• Microdochus Rehder, 1943: synonym of Elachisina Dall, 1918

References

• Ponder, W. F. (1985). The anatomy and relationships of Elachisina Dall (Gastropoda Rissoacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 51(1): 23-34
• Cunha & Santos & Lima, New species of the genus Elachisina (Gastropoda: Elachisinidae) from northeastern Brazil; Zootaxa 4139 (1) pp.&nbsp;131–134, 2016

External links

• The Taxonomicon
• Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.