RISSOIDAE Gray, 1847
(a family of prosobranch marine snails)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Cingula
a genus of marine snails
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 31 images
Onoba
a genus of molluscs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 24 images
Rissoa
a genus of marine snails
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 69 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyRISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
SuperfamilyRISSOOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. 1978 The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 4 - Marine Rissoacea J. Mollus. Stud. Supplement 6.

RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
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