Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Rissoa

Rissoa violacea Desmarest, 1814

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rissoa*	Desmarest, 1814	accepted genus name
*Turbella*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Apicularia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Apicularia (Sfaxiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Auriconoba*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Goniostoma*	A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841	synonym
*Goniostoma (Elatiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Gueriniana*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Lamarckia*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Lilacinia*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Loxostoma*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1838	synonym
*Persephona*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Rissoa (Apicularia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Rissoa (Lilacinia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoia*	Bronn, 1848	synonym
*Rissostomia*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Rissostomia (Liavenustia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Schwartzia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Sfaxiella*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turboella*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Turboella (Nititurboella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Zippora*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Lilacinia violacea*	(Desmarest, 1814)	synonym
*Rissoa tricolor*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Rissoa violacea violacea*	Desmarest, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: pyramidetangsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gestippelde drijfhoren

English: violet risso; violet risso snail sources: MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Violette Rissoe; Violette Rissoschnecke

Literature

original description	Desmarest A. G. (1814). Description des coquilles univalves du genre Rissoa de M. De Fréminville. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1814: 7-9, pl. 1.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Manousis T., Kontadakis C, Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. (2019). New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp. Xenophora Taxonomy. 26: 10-19.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoa violacea Desmarest, 1814. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141374