Rissoina cerithiiformis

Rissoina cerithiiformis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Rissoina cerithiiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
R. cerithiiformis
Binomial name
Rissoina cerithiiformis
Tryon, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Apataxia erecta Laseron, 1956
  • Apataxia eripona Laseron, 1956
  • Rissoina (Apataxia) cerithiiformis Tryon, 1887
  • Rissoina (Apataxia) erecta Laseron, C.F., 1956
  • Rissoina costulata Pease, 1867 (Invalid: junior homonym of Rissoina costulata Dunker, 1859; Rissoina harperi is a replacement name)
  • Rissoina harperi Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
  • Rissoina miltozona Tomlin, 1915

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Western and Central Pacific.

References
  1. Rissoina cerithiiformis Tryon, 1887. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina balteata Pease. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593738 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Sleurs W.J.M. (1993) A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Ailinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 63: 71-135.
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  • "Rissoina (Apataxia) cerithiiformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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