Genus Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840

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• Rissoina D'Orbigny, A. 1840. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833, Tome 5, Partie 3, Mollusques. 377-408 pp. [394, 395, pl. 53].

  Type species:

   Rissoina inca d'Orbigny, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [152] (Contrary to published statements, d'Orbigny did not fix a type species by original designation.).
• Rissolina Gould, A.A. 1861. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 385-389 [according to Higo et al. (1999) the entire article of pp. 382-389 is published over two different years: pp. 382-384 published 1860; pp. 385-389 published 1861].

  Type species:

   Rissoina plicatula Gould, 1861 by original designation.
• Zebinella Mörch, O.A.L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium. Malakozoologische Blätter 23: 87-143.

  Type species:

   Turbo decussatus Montagu, 1803 by subsequent designation, see Cossmann, M. 1921. Essais de Paléoconchologie Comparée. Paris Vol. 12 349 pp.
• Parazebinella Boettger, O. 1893. Die marine Mollusken der Philippinen, nach den Sammulungen des Herr José Florencio Quadras in Manila. 1. Die Rissoiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 25: 97-115 [108].

  Type species:

   Rissoina (Parazebinella) crenilabris Boettger, 1893 by monotypy.
• Stiva Hedley, C. 1904. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 182-211 [192].

  Type species:

   Stiva ferruginea Hedley, 1904 by original designation.
• Chiliostigma Melvill, J.C. 1918. Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F.W. Townsend. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 1: 137-158, pls 4-5 [147].

  Type species:

   Rissoina refugium Melvill, 1918 by monotypy.
• Eurissolina Woodring, W.P. 1928. Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussionof results. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication Vol. 385 pp. vii + 1–564, 40 pls. [368].

  Type species:

   Rissoina ditomus Woodring, 1928 by original designation.
• Caporista Iredale, T. 1955. Rissoid Sectional Names. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1953-1954: 81 [81].

  Type species:

   Rissoina iredaeli Laseron, 1950 by original designation.
• Austrosina Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [393].

  Type species:

   Rissoina pulchella Laseron, 1956 by original designation ((not Brazier, 1877)(= Pyramidella ambigua Gould, 1849)).
• Peripetella Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [400].

  Type species:

   Peripetella queenslandica Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
• Zymalata Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [416, 418].

  Type species:

   Zymalata concinna Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
• Pleneconea Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [402].

  Type species:

   Pleneconea angulata Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
• Condylicia Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 4: 1-221 [418].

  Type species:

   Condylicia collaxis Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
• Costalynia Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [394].

  Type species:

   Rissoina cardinalis Brazier, 1877 by original designation.
• Fractoralla Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [398].

  Type species:

   Fractoralla praecida Laseron, 1956 by original designation.
• Laseronia Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [355].

  Type species:

   Rissoina cretacea Tenison-Woods, 1878 by original designation.
• Sulcorissoina Kosuge, S. 1965. Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Rissoidae. Venus 24: 108-112 [108] [Venus, 24(2): 108].

  Type species:

   Rissoina imbricata Gould, 1861 by original designation ((= Rissoina striatula Pease, 1867, = Rissoina enteles Melvill & Standen, 1896, = Rissoina striatula hawaiensis Pilsbry, 1920)).
• Fercurtia Grougerot & Le Renard, 1977 [Cahiers des Naturalistes, new ser., 33(2): 40].

  Type species:

   Rissoina semistriata Lamarck by original designation ((= Melania semistriata Lamarck, 1804)).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide in temperate and tropical seas

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Norfolk Island Province (21), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 4: 1-221 [78-83]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Apr-2025	RISSOOIDEA Gray, 1847	15-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	19-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	RISSOOIDEA	04-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Jan-2012	MODIFIED