Rissopsis

Genus of gastropods

Rissopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Iravadiidae
Genus:
Rissopsis

Garrett, 1873
Type species
Rissopsis typica Garrett, 1873

Rissopsis is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Rissopsis include:

  • Rissopsis prolongata (Turton, 1932)
  • Rissopsis tuba Kilburn, 1977
  • Rissopsis typica Garrett, 1873
Species brought into synonymy
  • Rissopsis brevis May, 1919: synonym of Austrorissopsis consobrina (Tate & May, 1900)
  • Rissopsis expansa Powell, 1930: synonym of Eusetia expansa (Powell, 1930)
  • Rissopsis ligula Kilburn, 1975: synonym of Rissopsis prolongata (Turton, 1932)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Rissopsis Garrett, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535772 on 2012-08-14
  • Ponder W. F. (1984) A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25(1): 21-71. page(s): 51-52
Taxon identifiers
Rissopsis


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