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

Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

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

*Cingula parva*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Pusillina parva*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Rissoa cerasina*	Brusina, 1866	synonym
*Rissoa interrupta*	(J. Adams, 1800)	synonym
*Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Rissoa matoniana*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Rissoa parva var. exilis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Turbo aereus*	J. Adams, 1797	synonym
*Turbo albus*	J. Adams, 1797	synonym
*Turbo interruptus*	J. Adams, 1800	synonym
*Turbo lacteus*	Donovan, 1804	synonym
*Turbo parvus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Turbo subluteus*	J. Adams, 1797	synonym
*Turboella parva*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: klein drijfhorentje sources: de Bruyne, R.H. (1991). Schelpen van de Nederlandse kust [Shells of the Dutch coast]. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij/KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-017-9. III, 165 pp.

English: tiny risso snail 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: Kleine Rissoschnecke; Komma-Zwergschnecke

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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778). 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:141365