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Rissoa violacea

Rissoa violacea, common name the violet risso, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.

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Rissoa violacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Rissoa
Species:
R. violacea
Binomial name
Rissoa violacea
Desmarest, 1814

Rissoa violacea, common name the violet risso, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.1

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  1. Rissoa violacea Desmarest, 1814. Gofas, S. (2010). Rissoa violacea Desmarest, 1814. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141374 on 9 August 2010 .