Elachisinidae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Scientific name Elachisinidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Rank Family
Similar Anabathridae, Cingulopsidae, Iravadiidae, Barleeiidae, Skeneopsidae

Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea and the clade Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

Genera within the family Elachisinidae include:

Genus Dolicrossea Iredale, 1924

Genus Elachisina W.H. Dall, 1918

Elachisina canarica Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979

Elachisina globuloides Warén, 1972

Genus Laeviphitus

Laeviphitus verduini van Aartsen, Bogi & Giusti, 1989

Genera brought into synonymy

Microdochus Rehder, 1943: synonym of Elachisina Dall, 1918

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