Rissoa parva

Rissoa parva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Rissoa
Species:	R. parva
Binomial name
	Rissoa parva; (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
	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 mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Rissoa parva ssp. interrupta var. bifasciata

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]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Rhodos, Greece.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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[WoRMS-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 .

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