Orbitestellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the infraclassis Lower Heterobranchia.[1]

Orbitestellidae
Shell of Absonus primus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Orbitestelloidea
Family: Orbitestellidae
Iredale, 1917
Genera

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Synonyms[1]

Microdisculidae Iredale & McMichael, 1962 (n.a.)

Genera

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Genera within the family Orbitestellidae include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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
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