APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that is found in the coastal waters
and rockpools of south-west England. Images by David Fenwick.

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Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily)

Rissoidae Family

Alvania
Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania carinata (da Costa, 1778) - Keeled spire shell
Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844)
Alvania jeffreysi (Waller, 1864)
Alvania lactea (Michaud, 1832)
Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)

Cingula
Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800) - Banded weedsnail

Crisilla
Crisilla semistriata (Montagu, 1808)
- syn. Alvania semistriata (Montagu, 1808)

Manzonia
Manzonia crassa (Kanmacher, 1798)

Obtusella
Obtusella intersecta (S. Wood, 1857)

Onoba
Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841) - Pointed cingula
Onoba semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
- Semi-ribbed spire shell

Pusillina
Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844)
Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846)

Rissoa
Rissoa guerinii Recluz, 1843
Rissoa lilacina Récluz, 1843
Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
- Thick-lipped spire shell
Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Common or Small spire shell

Setia
Setia pulcherrima (Jeffreys, 1848)

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