Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715907 on 2015-02-19
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Moitessieriidae has no subfamilies.
There are known 55 freshwater species of Moitessieriidae in the Palearctic region.Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149–166. .
Genera Genera within the family Moitessieriidae include: Atebbania Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999 Baldufa Alba, Tarruella, Prats, Guillen & Corbella, 2010 Bosnidilhia Boeters, Glöer & Pešić, 2013 Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1882 Clameia Boeters & E. Gittenberger, 1990 Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009 Henrigirardia Boeters & Falkner, 2003 Iglica A. J. Wagner, 1928 Lanzaia Brusina, 1906 Lanzaiopsis Bole, 1989 Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863 – type genus Palacanthilhiopsis Bernasconi, 1988 Paladilhia Bourguignat, 1865 Paladilhiopsis Pavlovic, 1913 Palaospeum Boeters, 1999 Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 Sardopaladilhia Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998 Sorholia Boeters & Falkner, 2009 Spiralix Boeters, 1972Boeters (1972). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 102(1–3): 100.Prie V. (2010). "Spiralix rayi". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 February 2013. Saxurinator Schütt, 1960 Trogloiranica Fatemi, Malek-Hosseini, Falniowski, Hofman, Kuntner & Grego, 2019 Synonyms Costellina Kuščer, 1933: synonym of Paladilhiopsis (Costellina) Kuščer, 1933 represented as Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913 (original rank) Vitrella Clessin, 1877: synonym of Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Vitrella Swainson, 1840; Bythiospeum is a replacement name)
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. Wilke T. (2019). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. pp. 122–125, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
External links Bourguignat J.R. (1863) Monographie du nouveau genre français Moitessieria. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, ser. 2, 15(11): 432–445, pls 20–21. Falniowski, A.; Prevorčnik, S.; Delić, T.; Alther, R.; Altermatt, F.; Hofman, S. (2019). Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Folia Malacologica. 27(1): 61-70