Orbitestellidae are a family of minuscule sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the infraclassis Lower Heterobranchia.[1]
Genera
Genera within the family Orbitestellidae include:[1]
- Absonus Rubio & Rolán, 2021
- Boschitestella Moolenbeek, 1994
- † Kaiwarella Bandel, Gründel & P. A. Maxwell, 2000
- Lurifax Warén & Bouchet, 2001
- Microdiscula Thiele, 1912
- Orbitestella Iredale, 1917
- Patagorbitestella Di Luca, Griffin & Pastorino, 2023
References
- ^ a b c "Orbitestellidae Iredale, 1917". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
- Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 56: 515-532
- 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
External links
- Iredale, T. (1917). Molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(6): 322-330
- "Orbitestellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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