Rissoina gerasimovi Faber and Egorov 2015 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Invalid subtaxa: Glosia exigua Gerasimov 1992 [replaced name], Rissoina exigua Gerasimov 1992 [replaced name]

Full reference: M. J. Faber and R. V. Egorov. 2015. A replacement name for Rissoina exigua Gerasimov, 1992 non Weinkauff, 1881 (Gastropoda: Rissoinidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 7:8-8

Belongs to Rissoina according to M. J. Faber and R. V. Egorov 2015

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 albertensis, Rissoina bruguieri, Rissoina californica, Rissoina cerithiiformis, Rissoina elegantissima, Rissoina gemma, Rissoina kelseyi, Rissoina mississippiensis, Rissoina nereina, Rissoina oryza, Rissoina podolica, Rissoina rakhiensis, Rissoina tennesseensis, Rissoina tenuistriata

Type specimens:

  • Rissoina gerasimovi: Vernadsky State Geological Museum, collection number VI‒215, type number 1659, a shell
  • Rissoina exigua: Vernadsky State Geological Museum, collection number VI‒215, type number 1659, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rissoina gerasimovi in the database

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