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Rissoa

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Rissoa was named by Fréminville (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant. Its type is Rissoa semistriata.

It was reranked as Melania (Rissoa) by Deshayes (1825); it was misspelled as Rissoia by Bronn (1848), Dall (1896), Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Weisbord (1962), Perrilliat (1972), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Marquet (1997), Lozouet (1998), Sepkoski (2002) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Melania by Deshayes (1825); to Gastropoda by Bronn (1848) and Dall (1896); to Rissoinae by Marquet (1997); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rissoidae by Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Weisbord (1962), Perrilliat (1972), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lozouet (1998) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Rissoa Fréminville
1825Melania (Rissoa) Deshayes p. 117
1848Rissoia Bronn
1848Apanthausa Gistl
1896Pissoa Dall
1904Rissoa Martin p. 243
1947Rissoa Gardner p. 606
1948Rissoa Gardner p. 192
1962Rissoa Weisbord p. 119
1972Lilacinia Nordsieck
1972Rissoa Perrilliat p. 25
1987Rissoa Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1997Rissoa Marquet p. 15
1998Rissoa Lozouet p. 74
2002Rissoa Sepkoski
2004Rissoa Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusRissoaFréminville 1814

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rissoa Fréminville 1814
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Subg. Rissoa (Turbella) Leach in Gray 1847
†Rissoa alienocurta Lozouet 1998
Rissoa canariensis d'Orbigny 1840
Rissoa costulata Alder 1844
†Rissoa dolium Nyst 1845
†Rissoa epulata Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
†Rissoa intersecta Wood 1856
†Rissoa lettana Winkle 1918
†Rissoa multicostata Adams 1850
†Rissoa pakistanica Eames 1952
Rissoa parva da Costa 1778
†Rissoa poustagnacensis Lozouet 1998
Rissoa reticulata Montfort 1810
Rissoa similis Scacchi 1836
Rissoa ventricosa Desmarest 1826
Invalid names: Apanthausa Gistl 1848 [synonym], Lilacinia Nordsieck 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Holocene or 242.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy R. tyrolensis (202000 202032)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) R. tirolensis (205157)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland R. valfini (66972)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) R. cureti (177726)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) R. sp. (74527)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) R. sp. (4301 4302 4303 4312 4313 4314 4315 4316 4317 4318 4319)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland R. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland R. sp. (27625)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) R. submarginata (177669)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan R. pakistanica (183817 183818 183826 183845)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) R. sp. (205454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (42639 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) R. sp. (205422)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) R. chastelii (40267 40269 40271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark R. karsteni (111475 234515)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) R. karsteni, R. punctatissima (9170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France R. alienocurta (74860) R. hortensis, R. boucherti, R. poustagnacensis, R. alienocurta (74857)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) R. phagon (42482)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) R. orthezensis (179581)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Iran R. barboti, R. grandis, R. sp. (77215)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) R. sp. (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago R. sp. (81976)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria R. sp. (69864 70785)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy R. angulatacuta (78335 78336 78337) R. angulatacuta, R. sp. (78338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) R. parva, R. costulata (84755)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) R. epulata (134767 134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) R. lipeus (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) R. traveata (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico R. epulata (77713 77714)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland R. parva (75099)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy R. variabilis (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) R. inconspicua, R. sp. (97962 97965) R. sp. (97964 97966 98041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) R. sp. (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland R. sp. (79980)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa R. sp. (122941)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand R. basispiralis (178187)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco R. guerini, R. costata, R. cimex, R. lactea, R. geryonius, R. ventricosa, R. reticulata (127580) R. montagui, R. ignorata, R. nitida (127636) R. sp. (127579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) R. capensis (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal R. guernei (122283 122284 122285 122286 122287 122288 122289 122290 122291 122292) R. similis (122244) R. variabilis, R. dolium (122245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) R. guernei (89618 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain R. sp. (127360) R. variabilis (76577 76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland R. inconspicua (64110) R. inconspicua, R. membranacea (64001) R. membranacea (64031 64032 64033) R. membranacea, R. inconspicua (64028)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France R. variabilis, R. ventricosa (56806) R. ventricosa (56803)