Rissoa parva

Rissoa parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
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 <

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

Taxonomy

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

References

1. 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.

External links

• Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221 p. 21