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Rissoidae

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Description

Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rissoidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7066	https://www.gbif.org/species/7066
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62142	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62142

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Rissoidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
-	Discopoda
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847

Scientific Name

Rissoidae

Name Published In

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 152

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Taenioglossa	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Rissoacea	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Truncatelloidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Rissoacea	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Rissoidea	stated without evidence	Marquet, 1997
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Rissooidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Caenogastropoda	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Rissoidae	family	belongs to Rissoidea	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

212

Extant Size (PBDB)

109 (51%)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on plant or algal substrates according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Drijfhorens, リソツボ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rissoidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mohrensterniinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Rissoinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		180	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Rissoininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		13	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	20.4 Ma Miocene
Acinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Actonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alsatia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alvania genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		364	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Alvaniella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amphirissoa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apicularia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Archaschenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Badenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Benthonellania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Boreocingula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Boreomica genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Botryphallus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cingula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Crisilla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Flemingia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Folinia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Frigidoalvania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galeodinopsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Gofasia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haurakia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Hirsonella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hudlestoniella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ihungia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	21.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Koskinakra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lapsigyrus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lucidestea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Madeiranzonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Manzonia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Merelina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Microstelma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mohrensternia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	23.0 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Obtusella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Omanimerelina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Onoba genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		42	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ottoino ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ovirissoa genus	listed (PBDB)		15	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Palaeoceratia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parashiela genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paryphostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peringiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	13.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Plagyostila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pontiturboella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porosalvania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Powellisetia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	1.63 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Powellsetia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudosetia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Punctulum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pusillina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pyrgosformisia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Quarkia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rissoa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		118	260 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Rissocerithium ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rissoia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rissoilna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rissoina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		380	183 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Sabanaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sabanea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Schwarziella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Setia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Simulamerelina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Stosica genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stosicia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Striatestea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Subestea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subonoba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thierachella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Tournoueria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Trochoturbella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	199 Ma Early Jurassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Turboella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		92	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Vitricithna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vitricithra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Voorwindia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Zebina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Zebinostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	176 Ma Early Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Amycla chrysalloidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amycla tuberosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Auricula subpisum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Marginata argentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Marginata fluctuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Putilla gottscheana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rissoella caribbea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Rissoidae Gray
1904	Rissoidae Martin p. 243
1987	Rissoidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988	Rissoidae Ponder and Warén p. 297
1990	Rissoidae Beu et al. p. 405
1997	Rissoidae Marquet p. 13

Year	Name and Author
1998	Rissoidae Beesley p. 749
2001	Rissoidae Todd
2001	Rissoidae Wienrich p. 404
2002	Rissoidae Harzhauser p. 79
2005	Rissoidae Bouchet et al. p. 251

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Marquet R. (1997) Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34 1-2, 9-29

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985] - via World Register of Marine Species

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1664 Rissoidae Gray, 1847 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): given precedence over Truncatellidae Gray, 1840.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49, 78-80 (1992) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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