Rifia is a species of very small fresh water snail with an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]
| Rifia | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Rifia yacoubii (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Rifia Ghamizi, 2020 |
| Type species | |
| Rifia yacoubii Ghamizi, 2020 | |
Species
editSpecies in the genus Rifia include:
- Rifia yacoubii Ghamizi, 2020
References
edit- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Rifia Ghamizi, 2020". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
External links
edit- Ghamizi M. (2020). "New stygobiont genus and new species (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from the Rif (Morocco)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 31: 50–56. doi:10.37828/em.2020.31.11.