Rissoina pusilla

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

Rissoina pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Rissoina
Species:
† R. pusilla
Binomial name
† Rissoina pusilla
(Brocchi, 1814)

Description

Only in fossil state.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Rissoina pusilla Brocchi. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina pusilla Brocchi. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216944 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74


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