Rissoa verdensis

Rissoa verdensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Rissoa
Species: R. verdensis
Binomial name
Rissoa verdensis
Rolán & Oliveira, 2008[1]

Rissoa verdensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Distribution

This species can be found in the Atlantic Ocean Off the Cape Verde islands, hence the species name etymology from Portuguese as verdensis.

References

  1. Rolán E. & de Oliveira Á. (2008). A new species of Rissoa(Prosobranchia, Rissoidae) from Cape Verde Archipelago. Gloria Maris 47(4): 73-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. Rissoa verdensis Rolán & Oliveira, 2008. WoRMS (2010). Rissoa verdensis Rolan & de Oliveira, 2008. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458213 on 9 August 2010.


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