Chiliostigma

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Chiliostigma
Shell of Chiliostigma tumida (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Chiliostigma
Melvill, 1918
Type species
Rissoina refugium
Melvill, 1918
Synonyms[1]

Rissoina (Chiliostigma) Melvill, 1918[2]

Chiliostigma is a small genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.[1][3]

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Chiliostigma Melvill, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597975 on 2020-08-09
  2. ^ Melvill, J.C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5.
  3. ^ Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221.
  4. ^ Faber, M. J. & R. G. Moolenbeek. (2014). A new species of Chiliostigma (Gastropoda: Rissoinidae) from Guadeloupe and other Caribbean islands. Miscellanea Malacologica. 6: 65-68.