Rissoina nivea

Rissoina nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina
Species: R. nivea
Binomial name
Rissoina nivea

Rissoina nivea 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 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. Rissoina nivea . WoRMS (2009). Rissoina nivea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216936 on 9 August 2010.

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