Rissoina albertensis Russell and Landes 1937 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Belongs to Rissoina according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Rissoina (Ailinzebina), Rissoina (Apataxia), Rissoina (Leaella), Rissoina (Mirarissoina), Rissoina (Pachyrissoina), Rissoina (Parazebinella), Rissoina (Phosinella), Rissoina (Rissoina), Rissoina (Rissolina), Rissoina (Schwartziella), Rissoina (Zebinella), Rissoina bruguieri, Rissoina californica, Rissoina cerithiiformis, Rissoina elegantissima, Rissoina gemma, Rissoina gerasimovi, Rissoina kelseyi, Rissoina mississippiensis, Rissoina nereina, Rissoina oryza, Rissoina podolica, Rissoina rakhiensis, Rissoina tennesseensis, Rissoina tenuistriata

Type specimen: GSC 9363, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Loc. 7, Bear Gulch [Bear Gulch Mbr, Pawkowki Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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