Rissoa parva is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Rissoa parva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Rissoa
Species:
R. parva
Binomial name
Rissoa parva
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cingula parva (da Costa, 1778)
  • Pusillina parva (da Costa, 1778)
  • Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866
  • Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907
  • Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata Sars G.O., 1878
  • Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843
  • Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867
  • Rissoa parva var. interrupta (J. Adams, 1798)
  • Rissoa semicostulata Anton, 1838
  • Rissoia edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907
  • Turbo aereus Adams J., 1797
  • Turbo albus Adams J., 1797
  • Turbo interruptus Adams J., 1800
  • Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804
  • Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778
  • Turbo subluteus Adams J., 1797
  • Turboella interrupta (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Turboella parva <

Taxonomy

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Rissoa parva ssp. interrupta var. bifasciata

The status of R. interrupta in relation to R. parva is still a point of discussion. Based on research of Wigham (1975), R. interrupta is considered by many authors as a variety of form of R. parva (Fretter & Graham, 1778; McKay & Smith, 1979). Nordsieck (1968) and Verduin (1976) think however that R. interrupta and R. parva are two different species. Both species have a sympatric appearance.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Rhodos, Greece.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778). Gofas, S. (2010). Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778). 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=141365 on 23 June 2012 .
  • Da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson XII + 254 + VIII p., 17 pl
  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  • Harms, J., 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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