Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.[1]
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.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include:
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Atebbania Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999
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Baldufa Alba, Tarruella, Prats, Guillen & Corbella, 2010
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Bosnidilhia Boeters, Glöer & Pešić, 2013
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Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1882
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Clameia Boeters & E. Gittenberger, 1990
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Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009
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Henrigirardia Boeters & Falkner, 2003
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Iglica A. J. Wagner, 1928
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Lanzaia Brusina, 1906
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Lanzaiopsis Bole, 1989
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Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863 – type genus
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Palacanthilhiopsis Bernasconi, 1988
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Paladilhia Bourguignat, 1865
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Paladilhiopsis Pavlovic, 1913
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Palaospeum Boeters, 1999
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Sardopaladilhia Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998
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Sorholia Boeters & Falkner, 2009
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Spiralix Boeters, 1972[3][4]
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Trogloiranica Fatemi, Malek-Hosseini, Falniowski, Hofman, Kuntner & Grego, 2019
- Synonyms
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Costellina Kuščer, 1933: synonym of Paladilhiopsis (Costellina) Kuščer, 1933 represented as Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913 (original rank)
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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.