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

Rissoina bruguieri
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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

Spelling

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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

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Juvenile shell

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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