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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Unplaced Rissoellidae 

Rissoellidae M.E. Gray, 1850

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Rissoellidae M.E. Gray, 1850
   Jeffreysiadae Carpenter, 1856

Included taxa

   Rissoella J.E. Gray, 1847

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
feeds on: detritus 
larvae/young: direct development 
reproduction: hermaphroditism 
substrate: seaweed 

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.93 General reference
 Ponder, W.F. & Yoo, E.K. 1977. p.133 [ includes key to Australian species ]  General reference
 Robertson, R. 1962. p.1 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Heterostropha
                  Unplaced
                    Rissoelloidea
                      Rissoellidae M.E. Gray, 1850

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=15576) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-03-23.