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Rissoa membranacea

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Rissoa membranacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Rissoa
Species:
R. membranacea
Binomial name
Rissoa membranacea
(Adams J., 1800)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania plicatula Risso, 1826
  • Helix labiosa Montagu, 1803
  • Rissoa cornea Lovén, 1846 junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa elata R. A. Philippi, 1844 junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa fragilis Michaud, 1830
  • Rissoa grossa Michaud, 1830
  • Rissoa grossa var. elatopsis Mars, 1956 (infrasubspecific name)
  • Rissoa grossa var. plicacea Mars, 1956 (nfrasubspecific name, nude name, or name published in synonymy)
  • Rissoa labiosa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissoa membranacea var. cornea (Lovén, 1846)
  • Rissoa membranacea var. gracilis (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) (infrasubspecific name)
  • Rissoa membranacea var. labiosa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissoa membranacea var. minor Jeffreys, 1867
  • Rissoa membranacea var. octona auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
  • Rissoa oblonga Desmarest, 1814
  • Rissoa octona (Nilsson, 1822) junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
  • Rissoa plicatula (Risso, 1826) junior subjective synonym
  • Rissoa pontica Milaschewitsch, 1916
  • Rissoa venusta var. pontica Milaschewitsch, 1916 (accepted as full species)
  • Rissostomia brunosericea Smagowicz, 1977 ·
  • Rissostomia membranacea (J. Adams, 1797)
  • Rissostomia membranacea cornea (Lovén, 1846)
  • Rissostomia membranacea labiosa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissostomia membranacea octona auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
  • Turbo costatus Pulteney, 1799
  • Turbo membranaceus J. Adams, 1800
  • Turboella (Nititurboella) cornea (Lovén, 1846)
  • Zippora membranacea ()J.Adams, 1800
Rissoa membranacea var. labiosa

Rissoa membranacea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Western nOrway to the British Isles; in the Mediterranean Sea in the Alboran Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141359 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978. - Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-
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