Rissoina cerithiiformis

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

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[1]
  • 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

Distribution

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

References
  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 .
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • 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.
  • "Rissoina (Apataxia) cerithiiformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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