Rissoina plicata

Rissoina plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. plicata
Binomial name
Rissoina plicata A. Adams

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Chagos Archipelago and Aldabra; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan; in the Easter Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Rissoina plicata A. Adams . WoRMS (2009). Rissoina plicata A. Adams. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216958 on 9 August 2010 .

• Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.

External links

• "Rissoina (Rissolina) plicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.