Rissoina bruguieri

Rissoina bruguieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. bruguieri
Binomial name
Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
Mangelia poli Delle Chiaje, 1830 Mangelia poliana Risso, 1826 Mangelia reticulata Risso, 1826 Rissoa bruguieri Payraudeau, 1826 Rissoina bruguierei [sic] (widespread misspelling of bruguieri) Rissoina bruguieri var. minor Dautzenberg, 1883 (nomen nudum) Rissoina bruguieri var. perstriatulina Sacco, 1895 Rissoina bruguieri var. roseotincta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 Rissoina bruguieri var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1895 Strombus reticulatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824

Rissoina bruguieri, common name Bruguiere's risso, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Spelling

Specific name spelled bruguieri in text and bruguierii in the index, often misspelled (or emended?) bruguierei by subsequent authors following Schwartz (1860) and Locard (1886)

Description

Juvenile shell

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece, south coast of Apulia)

References

1. Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826). Gofas, S. (2009). Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141376 on 9 August 2010 .

• MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
• 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