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

Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rissoa*	Desmarest, 1814	accepted genus name
*Turbella*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Apicularia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Apicularia (Sfaxiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Auriconoba*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Goniostoma*	A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841	synonym
*Goniostoma (Elatiella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Gueriniana*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Lamarckia*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Lilacinia*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Loxostoma*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1838	synonym
*Persephona*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Rissoa (Apicularia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Rissoa (Lilacinia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoia*	Bronn, 1848	synonym
*Rissostomia*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Rissostomia (Liavenustia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Schwartzia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Sfaxiella*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turboella*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Turboella (Nititurboella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Zippora*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Helix variabilis*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824	synonym
*Rissoa costata*	Desmarest, 1814	synonym
*Rissoa costulata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Rissoa desmarestii*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Rissoa spongicola*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Rissoa variabilis var. brevis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Rissoa variabilis var. elongata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Rissoia neglecta*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Rissoia protensa*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Turbo rissoanus*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: variable risso

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	Tabanelli, C., Bertaccini, E., Bertamini, R., Bongiardino, C., Gardella, F. & P. Petracci. (2020). La malacofauna dello "spungone". Le famiglie Rissoidae e Rissoinidae: addenda et corrigenda (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae, Rissoinidae). Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Stiria Naturale della Romagna. 51: 19-40.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824). 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:141372

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2024-09-15 by Philippe Bouchet

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