Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia
Ordo: Cephalaspidea
Superfamilia: Bulloidea
Familia: Rhizoridae
Genera (2): Rhizorus – Volvulella
Name
Rhizoridae Dell, 1952
Synonyms
Volvulellidae Chaban, 2000
Volvulidae Locard, 1886
References
Links
Rhizoridae in the World Register of Marine Species
Rhizoridae is a family of very small sea snails, barrel-bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. 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
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
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