Rissoina punctostriata

Rissoina punctostriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. punctostriata
Binomial name
Rissoina punctostriata (Talavera, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
Rissoina decussata auct. non Montagu, G., 1803 Zebina punctostriata Talavera, 1975 (original combination)

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

Description[]

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania, Senegal, Angola, the Cape Verdes, São Tomé and Príncipe.

References[]

• Talavera, F.G. (1975) Moluscos de sedimentos de la plataforma continental de Mauritania. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 192, 1-18, 4 pls. NIZT 682
• Gofas S. (1999). The West African Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) and their similarities to some European species. The Nautilus 113(3): 78-101
• Rolán E. & Luque Á.A. 2000. The subfamily Rissoininae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago (West África). Iberus 18(1): 21-94
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda