Rissoina ambigua

Rissoina ambigua
A shell of Rissoina ambigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina
Species:
R. ambigua
Binomial name
Rissoina ambigua
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Peripetella immersa Laseron, C.F., 1956
  • Peripetella queenslandica Laseron, 1956
  • Rissoa multicostata Garrett, A., 1857
  • Rissoina costulifera Pease, W.H., 1862
  • Rissoina crebrecostata Thiele, J., 1930
  • Rissoina materinsulae Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Rissoina pulchella Brazier, J., 1877
  • Rissoina pusilla Schwartz, G., 1860
  • Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua parryensis Ladd, H.S., 1966

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

Description

The shell grows to a height of 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

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 .
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 60
  • "Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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