Rissoina rissoi

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

Rissoina rissoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
R. rissoi
Binomial name
Rissoina rissoi
Audouin, 1827

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Rissoina rissoi Audouin, 1827. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina rissoi Audouin, 1827. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216955 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III (fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.


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