Rissoina elegantissima

Rissoina elegantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Subfamily: Rissoininae
Genus: Rissoina
Species: R. elegantissima
Binomial name
Rissoina elegantissima
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Truncatella caribaensis auct. non Reeve, 1842
  • Rissoa elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1842

Rissoina elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.75 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Malacolog : Rissoina elegantissima
  2. ^ Rissoina elegantissima (d’Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Rissoina elegantissima (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419628 on 9 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.