Rissoina ambigua

Rissoina ambigua
	A shell of Rissoina ambigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. ambigua
Binomial name
	Rissoina ambigua; (Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
	Peripetella immersa Laseron, C.F., 1956; Peripetella queenslandica Laseron, 1956; Rissoa multicostata Garrett, A., 1857; Rissoina costulifera Pease, W.H., 1862; Rissoina crebrecostata Thiele, J., 1930; Rissoina materinsulae Pilsbry, H.A., 1904; Rissoina pulchella Brazier, J., 1877; Rissoina pusilla Schwartz, G., 1860; Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua parryensis Ladd, H.S., 1966;

Rissoina ambigua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 6 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

^ Rissoina ambigua (Gould, 1849). WoRMS (2009). Rissoina ambigua Gould. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216954 on 8 June 2013 .

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 60

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