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

Rissoa Desmarest, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*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

Children

Apicularia (Sfaxiella) sfaxiana F. Nordsieck, 1972
Apicularia nitens Monterosato, 1884
Rissoa aartseni Verduin, 1985
Rissoa albugo R. B. Watson, 1873
Rissoa alleryi (F. Nordsieck, 1972)
Rissoa angulatoconica Chirli & Forli, 2021
Rissoa angustior (Monterosato, 1917)
Rissoa auriformis Pallary, 1904
Rissoa auriscalpium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rissoa canariensis (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Rissoa decorata R. A. Philippi, 1846
Rissoa dobrogica Necrasov, 1936
Rissoa electrae Manousis, 2019
Rissoa euxinica Milaschewitsch, 1909
Rissoa frauenfeldiana Brusina, 1866
Rissoa gemmula P. Fischer, 1869
Rissoa gomerica (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Rissoa granulum R. A. Philippi, 1844
Rissoa guerinii Récluz, 1843
Rissoa guernei Dautzenberg, 1889
Rissoa italiensis Verduin, 1985
Rissoa janusi (F. Nordsieck, 1972)
Rissoa lia (Monterosato, 1884)
Rissoa lilacina Récluz, 1843
Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
Rissoa messanensis Aradas & Benoit, 1876
Rissoa mirabilis Manzoni, 1868
Rissoa monodonta R. A. Philippi, 1836
Rissoa multicincta Smriglio & Mariottini, 1995
Rissoa multicostata (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Rissoa nina F. Nordsieck, 1968
Rissoa paradoxa (Monterosato, 1884)
Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
Rissoa pseudoguerini (F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979)
Rissoa rodhensis Verduin, 1985
Rissoa schlosseriana (Brusina, 1870)
Rissoa scurra (Monterosato, 1917)
Rissoa similis Scacchi, 1836
Rissoa spirata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Rissoa splendida Eichwald, 1830
Rissoa torquilla Pallary, 1912
Rissoa turricula Jeffreys, 1884
Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Rissoa ventricosa Desmarest, 1814
Rissoa vicina Milaschewitsch, 1916
Rissoa violacea Desmarest, 1814

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: tangsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: tangsnigel

Literature

original description	Desmarest A. G. (1814). Description des coquilles univalves du genre Rissoa de M. De Fréminville. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1814: 7-9, pl. 1.
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	Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoa Desmarest, 1814. 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:138456