Iravadiidae
Encyclopedia
Iravadiidae is a family
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea
and the clade
Littorinimorpha
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea
Rissooidea
Rissooidea, originally named Rissoacea by Grey, 1847, is a large taxonomic superfamily of small and minute saltwater, brackish water, freshwater, and semi-terrestrial snails which have gills and an operculum...
and the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....
.
Genera
Genera within the family Iravadiidae include:- AcliceratiaAcliceratiaAcliceratia 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....
Ponder, 1984 - Ceratia H. & A. Adams, 1852
- Ceratia proxima Forbes & Hanley, 1850
- Chevallieria
- Chrystella
- Fairbankia
- Fluviocingula
- Hyala H. & A. Adams, 1852
- Hyala vitrea Montagu, 1803
- Iravadia H. Blanford, 1867
- Iravadia angulata (Laseron, 1956)
- † Iravadia dolini Lozouet, 2003
- Iravadia ornata Blanford, 1867 - type species of the genus Iravadia
- Lucidinella
- Nozeba
- Pellamora
- Rissopsis
- Sinusicola
- Wakauria