Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Pusillina

Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rissoa Desmarest, 1814

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pusillina*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name
*Sabanea*	Leach in Gray, 1847 sensu Monterosato, 1884	orthographic variant
*Pusillina (Pusillina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Pusillina (Vicinirissoa)*	Ponder, 1985	synonym
*Rissoa (Sabanea)*	Gray, 1847 sensu Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Turboella (Mutiturboella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turboella (Radiatia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turgidina*	Verduin, 1979	synonym

Species group names

*Pusillina sarsi*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Rissoa albella*	Lovén, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: rav-tangsnegl

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Warén, A. (1996). Ecology and Systematics of the North European species of Rissoa and Pusillina (Prosobranchia: Rissoidae). Journal of the Marine biological Association of the UK. 76: 1013-1059.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141341