Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > 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
*Apicularia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Goniostoma*	Villa, 1841	synonym
*Lilacinia*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoa (Apicularia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Rissoia*	Bronn, 1848	synonym
*Rissostomia*	G.O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Sabanea*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Sfaxiella*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turboella*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Zippora*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Species group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: gestippelde drijfhoren

English: violet risso

Literature

original description	Desmarest A. G. (1814). Description des coquilles univalves du genre Rissoa de M. De Fréminville. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique, Paris (1814) 7-9:
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Taxon found in 139 publications.

No records found.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Rissoa violacea. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141374