Biology:Rissoina plicata

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Rissoina plicata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 minute 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

Wikidata ☰ Q6774952 entry