Family Rissoidae Gray 1847 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Parent taxon: Rissooidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Allison 1955, Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2002, Marquet 1997, Martin 1904, Ponder and Warén 1988, Todd 2001, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Adeorbidae, Barleeiidae, Bithyniidae, Cochliopidae, Cyclotropis, Emblandidae, Epigridae, Greveniella, Helicostoidae, Lithoglyphidae, Mesocochliopidae, Moitessieriidae, Palaeorissoinidae, Torniidae

Subtaxa: Actonia Alvania Ampulospira luda Benthonella Boreocingula Buvignieria Folinia Hudlestoniella Lapsigyrus Merelina Microstelma Mohrensterniinae Ottoina Ovirissoa Powellisetia Pusillina Rissoa Rissocerithium Rissoina Rissoinae Rissoininae Setia Simulamerelina Stosicia Striatestea Thierachella Tournoueria Turboella Voorwindia Zebina Zebinostoma

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (10 collections), Argentina (1), the Bahamas (1), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (1), China (8), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), France (2), French Polynesia (1), Greenland (11), Iceland (2), India (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (7), Mayotte (1), Mexico (4), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (4), Panama (2), Poland (6), Portugal (16), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (4), Spain (4), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (57: Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Guam (1), Malaysia (8)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), Belgium (3), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (1), Fiji (1), Iceland (4), India (1), Italy (14), Jamaica (6), the Marshall Islands (2), Mexico (5), Panama (10), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: California, Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (9)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (3), Australia (5), Austria (14), Belgium (3), Brazil (4), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Fiji (2), France (9), Georgia (1), Germany (26), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (5), Iran (1), Italy (4), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Marshall Islands (30), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Palau (1), Panama (5), Poland (6), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (4), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (2), Ukraine (3), United States (5: Florida), Vanuatu (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (5), Denmark (3), France (40), Germany (6), the Netherlands (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (24), Germany (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (6), the United Kingdom (15), United States (16: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (6), France (2), Greenland (2), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (6: Alabama, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Canada (1: Alberta), France (2), Germany (1), Madagascar (2), Poland (36), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (36: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas)

• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (8), Italy (2), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Italy (3)

Total: 682 collections including 1450 occurrences

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