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Rissoina myosoroides

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Rissoina myosoroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina
Species:
R. myosoroides
Binomial name
Rissoina myosoroides
Récluz in Schwartz, 1864

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

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  1. ^ Rissoina myosoroides Récluz in Schwartz, 1864. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina myosoroides Récluz in Schwartz, 1864. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216956 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp