Rissoina ambigua

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Rissoina ambigua
Rissoina ambigua 01.jpg
A shell of Rissoina ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
R. ambigua
Binomial name
Rissoina ambigua
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Peripetella immersaLaseron, C.F., 1956
  • Peripetella queenslandicaLaseron, 1956
  • Rissoa multicostataGarrett, A., 1857
  • Rissoina costuliferaPease, W.H., 1862
  • Rissoina crebrecostataThiele, J., 1930
  • Rissoina materinsulaePilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Rissoina pulchellaBrazier, J., 1877
  • Rissoina pusillaSchwartz, G., 1860
  • Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua parryensisLadd, H.S., 1966

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

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Description

The shell grows to a height of 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

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References

  1. ↑ Rissoina ambigua (Gould, 1849) . WoRMS (2009). Rissoina ambigua Gould. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216954 on 8 June 2013 .


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