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Rissopsetia altispira

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Rissopsetia altispira
Shell of Rissopsetia altispira (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Rissopsetia
Species:
R. altispira
Binomial name
Rissopsetia altispira
Ponder, 1974[1]

Rissopsetia altispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Western Australia

References

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  • Ponder W. 1974. A review of the Australian species assigned to Rissopsis Garrett with a description of a new species of Rissopsetia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 3: 25-35
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E., 2017 Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the Central and south Pacific. The Tibe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla) - Universidade de Vigo, 412 pp
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