Rissopsis

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


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