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

Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)

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

*Alvania plicatula*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Helix labiosa*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Rissoa elata*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Rissoa fragilis*	Michaud, 1830	synonym
*Rissoa grossa*	Michaud, 1830	synonym
*Rissoa labiosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Rissoa membranacea var. cornea*	(Lovén, 1846)	synonym
*Rissoa membranacea var. gracilis*	(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)	synonym
*Rissoa membranacea var. labiosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Rissoa membranacea var. minor*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Rissoa membranacea var. octona*	auct. non Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Rissoa oblonga*	Desmarest, 1814	synonym
*Rissoa pontica*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Rissoa venusta*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Rissoa venusta var. pontica*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Rissostomia brunosericea*	Smagowicz, 1977	synonym
*Turbo membranaceus*	J. Adams, 1800	synonym
*Zippora membranacea*	(J. Adams, 1800)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stor tangsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: vliezig drijfhorentje sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: thick-lipped risso snail; thicklipped spire shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: dünnschalige Rissoa; Pergament-Rissoe; Pergament-Rissoschnecke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: större bandtångsnäcka

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	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800). 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:141359