Rhizoridae

Rhizoridae
Volvulella persimilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Bulloidea
Family:	Rhizoridae Dell, 1952
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Volvulellidae Chaban, 2000 Volvulidae Locard, 1886 (Invalid: Type genus a junior homonym of Volvula Gistl, 1848 [Diptera])

Rhizoridae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs. These are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Bulloidea.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Rhizoridae include:

• Rhizorus Montfort, 1810
• Volvulella Newton, 1891

Genera brought into synonymy

• Paravolvulella Harry, 1967: synonym of Volvulella Newton, 1891
• Volvula A. Adams, 1850: synonym of Volvulella Newton, 1891

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Rhizoridae Dell, 1952. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413349 on 2016-05-23

• Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150

External links

• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.