Rissoina bruguieri

Rissoina bruguieri, common name Bruguiere's risso, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Rissoina bruguieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
R. bruguieri
Binomial name
Rissoina bruguieri
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia poli Delle Chiaje, 1830
  • Mangelia poliana Risso, 1826
  • Mangelia reticulata Risso, 1826
  • Rissoa bruguieri Payraudeau, 1826
  • Rissoina bruguierei [sic] (widespread misspelling of bruguieri)
  • Rissoina bruguieri var. minor Dautzenberg, 1883 (nomen nudum)
  • Rissoina bruguieri var. perstriatulina Sacco, 1895
  • Rissoina bruguieri var. roseotincta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
  • Rissoina bruguieri var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1895
  • Strombus reticulatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824

Spelling

Specific name spelled bruguieri in text and bruguierii in the index, often misspelled (or emended?) bruguierei by subsequent authors following Schwartz (1860) and Locard (1886)

Description
Juvenile shell

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece, south coast of Apulia)

References
  1. Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826). Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141376 on 9 August 2010 .
  • MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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