Vitrinellidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.[1]

Vitrinellidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Vitrinellidae
Bush, 1897
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Circulidae Fretter & Graham, 1962
  • Vitrinellinae Bush, 1897

Genera edit

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Discreliotia Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898
  • Liochrysta Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898
  • Morchinella [sic]: synonym of Moerchinella Thiele, 1931: synonym of Moerchia A. Adams, 1860 (misspelling)
  • Soyorota Habe, 1961: synonym of Circulus Jeffreys, 1865
  • Subfamily Vitrinellinae Bush, 1897: synonym of Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153704 on 2018-11-21
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • 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.