Moitessieriidae

Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.^[1]

Moitessieriidae
Shell of Iglica soussensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863
Type genus
Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863

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.^[2]

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, 1972^[3][4]
• 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)