Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea

Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1864

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Clameia Boeters & E. Gittenberger, 1990
Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009
Henrigirardia Boeters & Falkner, 2003
Moitessieria Bourguignat, 1863
Paladilhia Bourguignat, 1865
Palaospeum Boeters, 1999
Sardopaladilhia Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998
Sorholia Boeters & Falkner, 2009
Spiralix Boeters, 1972

Literature

original description	Bourguignat, J.-R. (1864). Monographie du nouveau genre français Moitessieria. Paris: F. Savy. 18 pp. + 1 p. [= 19; Table alphabétique], pls 1-2. [Also published in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, ser. 2, 15(12): 432-445, pls 20-21]. ["1863"; January 1864].
basis of record	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.
additional source	Falniowski, A.; Prevorčnik, S.; Delić, T.; Alther, R.; Altermatt, F.; Hofman, S. (2019). Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Folia Malacologica. 27(1): 61-70.
additional source	Wilke T. (2019). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Pp. 122-125, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
identification resource	Glöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. II. Moitessieriidae, Bythinellidae, Stenothyridae. Hetlingen: The author. 370 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1864. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715907

Ruud A. Bank. Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1864. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b89317aa-9094-423b-8d62-a105338b45cd