Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Rissoinidae Scientific name Rissoina spirata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Subfamily Rissoininae Rank Species | |
Similar Rissoina bruguieri, Rissoina, Rissoidae | ||
Rissoina spirata , common name the spiral risso, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll; in the Central Pacific; in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
Rissoina spirata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA