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

Rissoina ambigua (A. Gould, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rissoina*	A. d'Orbigny, 1841	accepted genus name
*Rissoa (Rissoina)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1841	synonym
*Rissoina (Rissoina)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホソスジチョウジガイ

Literature

basis of record	Sheppard, A. (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs. 3 (1): 43-50.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. Mediterranean Marine Science. 9(1): 119-165.
additional source	Sleurs, W. J. M. & H. L. Strack. (2021). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 18. The Rissoinidae and Zebinidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Basteria. 85: 34–58.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoina ambigua (A. Gould, 1849). 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:216954