Rissoina tennesseensis Wade 1926 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Alternative combination: Anteglossia tennesseensis

Belongs to Rissoina according to W. F. Ponder 1984

See also Dockery 1993, Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2015 and Sohl and Koch 1984

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 cerithiiformis, Rissoina elegantissima, Rissoina gemma, Rissoina gerasimovi, Rissoina kelseyi, Rissoina mississippiensis, Rissoina oryza, Rissoina podolica, Rissoina rakhiensis, Rissoina tenuistriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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