Rissoa parva

Rissoa parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Rissoa
Species:	R. parva
Binomial name
Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
Cingula parva(da Costa, 1778) Pusillina parva(da Costa, 1778) Rissoa cerasinaBrusina, 1866 Rissoa edgarianaMelvill & Standen, 1907 Rissoa interrupta(J. Adams, 1800) Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciataSars G.O., 1878 Rissoa matonianaRécluz, 1843 Rissoa parva var. exilisJeffreys, 1867 Rissoa parva var. interrupta(J. Adams, 1798) Rissoa semicostulataAnton, 1838 Rissoia edgarianaMelvill & Standen, 1907 Turbo aereusAdams J., 1797 Turbo albusAdams J., 1797 Turbo interruptusAdams J., 1800 Turbo lacteusDonovan, 1804 Turbo parvusda Costa, 1778 Turbo subluteusAdams J., 1797 Turboella interrupta(J. Adams, 1800) Turboella parva<

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

Taxonomy

Rissoa parva ssp. interrupta var. bifasciata

The status of R. interrupta in relation to R. parva is still a point of discussion. Based on research of Wigham (1975), R. interrupta is considered by many authors as a variety of form of R. parva (Fretter & Graham, 1778; McKay & Smith, 1979). Nordsieck (1968) and Verduin (1976) think however that R. interrupta and R. parva are two different species. Both species have a sympatric appearance. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Rhodos, Greece.

References

1. Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) . Gofas, S. (2010). Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141365 on 23 June 2012 .

• Da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson XII + 254 + VIII p., 17 pl
• Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
• Harms, J., 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34.
• 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
• Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

External links

• Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221 p. 21