Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) is a animal in the Rissoidae family, order Littorinimorpha, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

Rissoa parva is a small marine micromollusc snail of the family Rissoidae found in European, Mediterranean, and Black Sea waters.

Family
Genus
Rissoa
Order
Littorinimorpha
Class
Gastropoda

About Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) is a species of small sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusc, also categorized as a micromollusc, that belongs to the family Rissoidae. This living species is found in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. Fossil specimens of this species have been discovered in Quaternary geological strata on the island of Rhodos, Greece.

Photo: (c) Butor and Gogol, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Butor and Gogol · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Littorinimorpha Rissoidae Rissoa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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