Rissoa guerinii Rècluz, 1843
(a marine snail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRissoa guerinii (a marine snail)
GenusRissoa (a genus of marine snails)
FamilyRISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
SuperfamilyRISSOOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rissoa guerinii (a marine snail) :
1: Rissoa guerinii (a marine snail)
21 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
from (mostly red) seaweed in rock pool at low tide
Image 1: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlargedImage 2: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (5)Image 6: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (6)Image 7: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (7)Image 8: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (8)Image 9: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (9)Image 10: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (10)Image 11: Crawling on glass - under-side view - highly enlarged (11)Image 12: Crawling - side view - highly enlargedImage 13: Crawling - side view - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Crawling - side view - highly enlarged (3)Image 15: Crawling - side view - highly enlarged (4)Image 16: Crawling - top view - highly enlargedImage 17: Crawling - top view - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: Crawling - top view - highly enlarged (3)
2: Rissoa guerinii (a marine snail)
21 Jan 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
from (mostly red) seaweed in rock pool at low tide
Image 1: Crawling on glass - animal - underside - close-up - highly en - dark backgroundImage 2: Crawling on glass - animal - underside - close-up - highly en - grey backgroundImage 3: Crawling on glass - underside - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Crawling on glass - underside - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 5: Crawling on glass - underside - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 6: Top view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Underside - highly enlarged - white background
3: Rissoa guerinii (a marine snail)
27 Feb 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
live animals, on eel-grass
Image 1: Crawling - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 2: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 5: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (4)Image 6: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (5)Image 7: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (6)Image 8: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (7)Image 9: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (8)Image 10: Crawling - dorsal view - highly enlarged (9)Image 11: Crawling - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Crawling - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 13: Crawling on water surface - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 14: Crawling on water surface - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Crawling on water surface - ventral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 16: Crawling - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 17: Crawling - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: Crawling - ventral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 19: Crawling - ventral view - highly enlarged (4)Image 20: Foot - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 21: Foot - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 22: Setting off across water surface - antero-ventral view - highly enlargedImage 23: Setting off across water surface - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 24: Setting off across water surface - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 25: Shell - dried and cleaned - body view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Shell - dried and cleaned - mouth view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 27: Shell - in life - body whorl view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 28: Shell - in life - mouth view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 29: Shell - in life -  mouth view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 30: Operculum - magnifiedImage 31: Operculum - magnified (2)Image 32: Operculum - magnified (3)Image 33: Operculum - magnified (4)

Rissoa guerinii (a marine snail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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