Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.
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 region.
Genera
Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include:
- Atebbania <small>Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999</small>
- Baldufa <small>Alba, Tarruella, Prats, Guillen & Corbella, 2010</small>
- Bosnidilhia <small>Boeters, Glöer & PeÃ
¡iÃÂ, 2013</small>
- Bythiospeum <small>Bourguignat, 1882</small>
- Clameia <small>Boeters & E. Gittenberger, 1990</small>
- Corseria <small>Boeters & Falkner, 2009</small>
- Henrigirardia <small>Boeters & Falkner, 2003</small>
- Iglica <small>A. J. Wagner, 1928</small>
- Lanzaia <small>Brusina, 1906</small>
- Lanzaiopsis <small>Bole, 1989</small>
- Moitessieria <small>Bourguignat, 1863</small> â type genus
- Palacanthilhiopsis <small>Bernasconi, 1988</small>
- Paladilhia <small>Bourguignat, 1865</small>
- Paladilhiopsis <small>Pavlovic, 1913</small>
- Palaospeum <small>Boeters, 1999</small>
- Plagigeyeria <small>Tomlin, 1930</small>
- Sardopaladilhia <small>Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998</small>
- Sorholia <small>Boeters & Falkner, 2009</small>
- Spiralix <small>Boeters, 1972</small>
- Saxurinator <small>Schütt, 1960</small>
- Trogloiranica <small>Fatemi, Malek-Hosseini, Falniowski, Hofman, Kuntner & Grego, 2019</small>
Synonyms:
- Costellina <small>KuÃ
¡ÃÂer, 1933</small>: synonym of Paladilhiopsis (Costellina) <small>KuÃ
¡ÃÂer, 1933</small> represented as Paladilhiopsis <small>PavloviÃÂ, 1913</small> (original rank)
- Vitrella <small>Clessin, 1877</small>: synonym of Bythiospeum <small>Bourguignat, 1882</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Vitrella <small>Swainson, 1840</small>; 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. 122âÂÂ125, 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): 432âÂÂ445, pls 20âÂÂ21.
- Falniowski, A.; PrevorÃÂnik, S.; DeliÃÂ, T.; Alther, R.; Altermatt, F.; Hofman, S. (2019). Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Folia Malacologica. 27(1): 61-70