Rissoina fenestrata

Rissoina fenestrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. fenestrata
Binomial name
Rissoina fenestrata Gustav Schwartz
Synonyms [1]
Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz, 1860 Phosinella fenestrata Schwartz, 1860 Rissoina vanderspoeliauct. non Jong & Coomans, 1988

Rissoina fenestrata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.5 mm. ^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 52 m. ^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 52 m. ^[3]

References

1. Malacolog : Rissoina fenestrata
2. Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz . WoRMS (2009). Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216952 on 9 August 2010 .
3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Schwartz von Mohrenstern G. (1860-1864). über die familie der Rissoiden und insbesondere die gattung Rissoina. Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 19 [1860], pp. 71–188 + 11 pl.; [1864], pp. 56 + 4 pl.
• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.