Rissoina spirata

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Rissoina spirata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina
Species:
R. spirata
Binomial name
Rissoina spirata
Sowerby G.B. I, 1820
Synonyms [1]

Zebina spirata(Sowerby I, 1825)

Rissoina spirata, the spiral risso, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoinidae. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll; in the Central Pacific; in the Mediterranean Sea.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rissoina spirata Sowerby G.B. I, 1820 . Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoina spirata Sowerby G.B. I, 1820. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180980 on 9 August 2010 .