Elachisinidae
Sign in to saveElachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the order Littorinimorpha.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neotaenioglossa
- Image
- Elachisina canarica (MNHN-IM-2000-31065).jpeg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Elachisinidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Elachisinidae
- Commons category
- Elachisinidae
- taxon author citation
- Ponder, 1985
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- References
- External links
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 Cossmann, 1888 Dolicrossea Iredale, 1924 Elachisina Dall, 1918 † Entomope Cossmann, 1888 † Lacunella Deshayes, 1861 Laeviphitus van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989 Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989 Ponderinella B. A. Marshall, 1988 † Pseudocirsope O. Boettger, 1907 Genera brought into synonymy: Microdochus Rehder, 1943: synonym of Elachisina Dall, 1918
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elachisinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.