Biology:Rissoina cerithiiformis

Rissoina cerithiiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. cerithiiformis
Binomial name
	Rissoina cerithiiformis; Tryon, 1887
Synonyms
	Apataxia erecta Laseron, 1956; Apataxia eripona Laseron, 1956; Rissoina (Apataxia) cerithiiformis Tryon, 1887; Rissoina (Apataxia) erecta Laseron, C.F., 1956; Rissoina costulata Pease, 1867 (Invalid: junior homonym of Rissoina costulata Dunker, 1859; Rissoina harperi is a replacement name); Rissoina harperi Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933; Rissoina miltozona Tomlin, 1915;

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Description

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Western and Central Pacific.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rissoina cerithiiformis Tryon, 1887. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina balteata Pease. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593738 on 9 August 2010 .

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Sleurs W.J.M. (1993) A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Ailinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 63: 71-135.
Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

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