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Rissoina ambigua
A shell of Rissoina ambigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Rissoina
Species:	R. ambigua
Binomial name
Rissoina ambigua (Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
Peripetella immersa Laseron, C.F., 1956 Peripetella queenslandica Laseron, 1956 Rissoa multicostata Garrett, A., 1857 Rissoina costulifera Pease, W.H., 1862 Rissoina crebrecostata Thiele, J., 1930 Rissoina materinsulae Pilsbry, H.A., 1904 Rissoina pulchella Brazier, J., 1877 Rissoina pusilla Schwartz, G., 1860 Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua parryensis Ladd, H.S., 1966

Rissoina ambigua is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 6 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

References

1. Rissoina ambigua (Gould, 1849). WoRMS (2009). Rissoina ambigua Gould. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216954 on 8 June 2013 .

• Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 60

External links

• "Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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