Rissoella

This article is about a genus of snails. For the genus of algae, see Rissoella (alga).

Rissoella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropods, in the family Rissoellidae.

Rissoella
Live Rissoella opalina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subterclass:	Acteonimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissoelloidea
Family:	Rissoellidae
Genus:	Rissoella Gray, 1847
Type species
Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
Synonyms
Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912 Jeffreysia Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850 Jeffreysiella Thiele, 1912 Jeffreysina Thiele, 1925 Jeffreysiopsis Thiele, 1912 Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) Thiele, 1912 Rissoella (Phycodrosus) Rehder, 1943 Rissoella (Rissoella) Gray, 1847 Rissoella (Zelaxitas' Finlay, 1926 Zelaxitas Finlay, 1926

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Rissoella

• Rissoella abacoensis Caballer, Ortea & Redfern, 2014
• Rissoella alaskensis (Bartsch, 1907)
• Rissoella alexandrae (Ávila & Cordeiro, 2015)
• Rissoella aliciae Espinosa & Ortea, 2009
• Rissoella ameliae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella angeli Manousis, 2021
• Rissoella anguliferens (de Folin, 1870)
• Rissoella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1892)
• Rissoella atrimacula Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella banana Ortea, 2022
• Rissoella belkisae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella caribaea Rehder, 1943
• Rissoella colleenae Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella confusa Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella conica (de Folin & Périer, 1870)
• Rissoella contrerasi Rolán & Hernández, 2004
• Rissoella cystophora (Finlay, 1924)
• Rissoella dalii Ortea, Espinosa & Magana, 2004
• Rissoella dianae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
• Rissoella dubia Golikov & Gulbin, 1978
• Rissoella edbayeri Caballer, Ortea & Redfern, 2014
• Rissoella elatior (Golikov, Gulbin & Sirenko, 1987)
• Rissoella elephantina Golikov & Gulbin, 1978
• Rissoella elongatospira Ponder, 1966
• Rissoella elsae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella ermelindoi (Ávila & Cordeiro, 2015)
• Rissoella fallax Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella flemingi Ponder, 1968
• Rissoella florae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella fretterae Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella galba Robertson, 1961
• Rissoella gandocaensis Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
• Rissoella globosa Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella globularis (Forbes & Hanley, 1853)
• Rissoella golikovi (Gulbin, 1979)
• Rissoella heberti Vélain, 1877
• Rissoella hertleini Smith & Gordon, 1948
• Rissoella himba Rolán & Peñas, 2009
• Rissoella imperforata Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella inflata Locard, 1892
• Rissoella irma (Bartsch, 1915)
• Rissoella japonica Chira & Hasegawa, 2019
• Rissoella kennethi Caballer, Ortea & Redfern, 2014
• Rissoella kiesslingi Ortea & Bacallado, 2021
• Rissoella luteonigra Rolán & Rubio, 2001
• Rissoella malayensis Thiele, 1925
• Rissoella micra (Finlay, 1924)
• Rissoella monterosoi Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2021
• Rissoella morrocoyensis Caballer, Ortea & Narciso, 2011
• Rissoella netoae (Ávila & Cordeiro, 2015)
• Rissoella notabilis (Thiele, 1912)
• Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys, 1848)
• Rissoella ornata Simone, 1995
• Rissoella peruviana Ponder & Worsfold, 1994
• Rissoella powelli Ponder, 1983
• Rissoella rissoaformis Powell, 1939)
• Rissoella salasae Ortea, 2019
• Rissoella sanctipauli Vélain, 1877
• Rissoella sanguinea Caballer, Ortea & Redfern, 2014
• Rissoella secunda (Iredale, 1912)
• Rissoella simoniana (Thiele, 1912)
• Rissoella tamiae Ortea & Moro, 2021
• Rissoella taniae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella trigoi Rolán & Hernández, 2004
• Rissoella tumens (Carpenter, 1857)
• Rissoella urbanae Ortea & Espinosa, 2022
• Rissoella venezolanicola Caballer, Ortea & Narciso, 2011
• Rissoella violacea (Golikov & Kussakin in Golikov & Scarlato, 1971)
• Rissoella vitrea Ponder & Yoo, 1977
• Rissoella wilfredi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)
• Rissoella zaidae Ortea & Espinosa, 2004
• Rissoella zebra Thiele, 1925

Synonyms

• Rissoella bakeri A. M. Strong, 1938: synonym of Elachisina bakeri (A. M. Strong, 1938)
• Rissoella bifasciata (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of Barleeia bifasciata (Carpenter, 1856)
• Rissoella californica Bartsch, 1927: synonym of Elachisina grippi Dall, 1918
• Rissoella duperrei (Vélain, 1877): synonym of Eatoniella duperrei (Vélain, 1877)
• Rissoella excolpa Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Elachisina grippi Dall, 1918
• Rissoella glaber Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella glabra Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848) (wrong gender agreement)
• Rissoella glabra Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
• Rissoella johnstoni F. Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930: synonym of Elachisina johnstoni (F. Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930)
• Rissoella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Barleeia paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Rissoella punicea (Laseron, 1950): synonym of Rissoella secunda (Iredale, 1912)

References

• 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
• Ponder, W.F. (1966). The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5: 163–176
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Petit R.E. (2012) John Edward Gray (1800-1875): his malacological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 3214: 1–125. page(s): 101

External links

• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
• Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 13, Zoologie. 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19.
• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Iredale, T. (1912). New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(3): 217-228
• Robertson R. 1962. Supplementary notes on the Rissoellidae. Notulae Naturae, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 352: 1-2
• Natural History Museum Rotterdam: images of Rissoella
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone