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Rissoa membranacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Rissoa
Species:	R. membranacea
Binomial name
	Rissoa membranacea; (Adams J., 1800)
Synonyms
	Alvania plicatula Risso, 1826; Helix labiosa Montagu, 1803; Rissoa cornea Lovén, 1846 junior subjective synonym; Rissoa elata R. A. Philippi, 1844 junior subjective synonym; Rissoa fragilis Michaud, 1830; Rissoa grossa Michaud, 1830; Rissoa grossa var. elatopsis Mars, 1956 (infrasubspecific name); Rissoa grossa var. plicacea Mars, 1956 (nfrasubspecific name, nude name, or name published in synonymy); Rissoa labiosa (Montagu, 1803); Rissoa membranacea var. cornea (Lovén, 1846); Rissoa membranacea var. gracilis (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) (infrasubspecific name); Rissoa membranacea var. labiosa (Montagu, 1803); Rissoa membranacea var. minor Jeffreys, 1867; Rissoa membranacea var. octona auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Rissoa oblonga Desmarest, 1814; Rissoa octona (Nilsson, 1822) junior subjective synonym (junior synonym); Rissoa plicatula (Risso, 1826) junior subjective synonym; Rissoa pontica Milaschewitsch, 1916; Rissoa venusta var. pontica Milaschewitsch, 1916 (accepted as full species); Rissostomia brunosericea Smagowicz, 1977 ·; Rissostomia membranacea (J. Adams, 1797); Rissostomia membranacea cornea (Lovén, 1846); Rissostomia membranacea labiosa (Montagu, 1803); Rissostomia membranacea octona auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Turbo costatus Pulteney, 1799; Turbo membranaceus J. Adams, 1800; Turboella (Nititurboella) cornea (Lovén, 1846); Zippora membranacea ()J.Adams, 1800;

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Western nOrway to the British Isles; in the Mediterranean Sea in the Alboran Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141359 on 9 August 2010 .

Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
Arnaud, P. M., 1978. - Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-

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[WoRMS-1] Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141359 on 9 August 2010 .

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