Orbitestellidae

Orbitestellidae
Shell of Absonus primus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Infraclass:	"Lower Heterobranchia"
Superfamily:	Orbitestelloidea
Family:	Orbitestellidae Iredale, 1917
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Microdisculidae Iredale & McMichael, 1962 (n.a.)

Orbitestellidae are a family of minuscule sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the infraclassis Lower Heterobranchia.

Genera

Genera within the family Orbitestellidae include:

• Absonus Rubio & Rolán, 2021
• Boschitestella Moolenbeek, 1994
• † Kaiwarella Bandel, Gründel & P. A. Maxwell, 2000
• Lurifax Warén & Bouchet, 2001
• Microdiscula Thiele, 1912
• Orbitestella Iredale, 1917
• Patagorbitestella Di Luca, Griffin & Pastorino, 2023

References

• Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
• Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 56: 515-532
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

External links

• Iredale, T. (1917). Molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(6): 322-330
• "Orbitestellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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