Rissoina myosoroides

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

Rissoina myosoroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
R. myosoroides
Binomial name
Rissoina myosoroides
Récluz in Schwartz, 1864

Description

The height of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Rissoina myosoroides Récluz in Schwartz, 1864. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina myosoroides Récluz in Schwartz, 1864. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216956 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp


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