WoRMS taxon details
Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
141365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141365)
accepted
Species
Cingula interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cingula parva (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Mohrensternia interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pusillina obscura (R. A. Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted
Pusillina parva (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (synonym)
Pyramis interruptus (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa (Turbella) parva (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa (Turbella) parva var. interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866 · unaccepted > unavailable name (introduced in synonymy and never...)
introduced in synonymy and never used as valid
Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted
Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rissoa obscura R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rissoa parva var. interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted
Rissoia edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted
Turbo aereus J. Adams, 1797 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo interruptus J. Adams, 1800 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Turbo subluteus J. Adams, 1797 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turboella interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted
Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
- Variety Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
- Variety Rissoa parva var. interrupta (J. Adams, 1800) accepted as Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 104 [details]
page(s): 104 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141365 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 46 (1): 119-157, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41729893
page(s): 132-133, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866) Brusina, S. (1866). Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16 (Beilage): 1-134, 1 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41695 [details]
original description (of Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843) Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. <em>Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271208
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Turbo aereus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Turbo interruptus J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 3; pl. 1 fig. 16-17 [details]
original description (of Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386 [details]
original description (of Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Turbo subluteus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 180, pl. 10, figs. 10 (a, b) [details]
original description (of Rissoa obscura R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 127; plate 23, fig. 10 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 132-133, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866) Brusina, S. (1866). Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16 (Beilage): 1-134, 1 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41695 [details]
original description (of Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843) Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. <em>Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271208
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Turbo aereus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Turbo interruptus J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 3; pl. 1 fig. 16-17 [details]
original description (of Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386 [details]
original description (of Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Turbo subluteus J. Adams, 1797) Adams, J. (1797). The specific characters of some minute shells discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, with an account of a new marine animal. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 3(1): 64-69, pl. 13., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/753934 [details]
original description (of Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 180, pl. 10, figs. 10 (a, b) [details]
original description (of Rissoa obscura R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 127; plate 23, fig. 10 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Identification The status of R. interrupta in relation to R. parva is still a point of discussion. Based on reserche of Wigham (1975), R. interrupta is considered by many authors as a variety of form of R. parva (Fretter & Graham, 1778; McKay & Smith, 1979). Nordsieck (1968) and Verduin (1976) think however that R. interrupta and R. parva are two different species. Both species have a sympatric appearance. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | foldet tangsnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | klein drijfhorentje | [details] |
| English | tiny risso snail | [details] |
| German | Komma-ZwergschneckeKleine Rissoschnecke | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (245 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rissoa parva)
To GB Mollusca Types (Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907; Holotype; NMS.Z.1921.143.628) (from synonym Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Roscoff, in plastic crat...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) Portugal, Faro, Monto Gordo, beached in shell grit, c...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) Spain, Cantabria, Lloredo, beached in shell grit, col...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa,1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (J. Adams, 1800) United Kingdom, Devon, Kimmeridge Bay, beached in she...
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800))
To PESI (from synonym Pusillina parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo aereus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Cingula parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo interruptus J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo subluteus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata G. O. Sars, 1878)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074680)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (245 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rissoa parva)
To GB Mollusca Types (Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907; Holotype; NMS.Z.1921.143.628) (from synonym Rissoa edgariana Melvill & Standen, 1907)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Roscoff, in plastic crat...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) Portugal, Faro, Monto Gordo, beached in shell grit, c...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) Spain, Cantabria, Lloredo, beached in shell grit, col...
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778) )
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (da Costa,1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Malacopics (Rissoa parva (J. Adams, 1800) United Kingdom, Devon, Kimmeridge Bay, beached in she...
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800))
To PESI (from synonym Pusillina parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa cerasina Brusina, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa matoniana Récluz, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo aereus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Turboella parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Cingula parva (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo albus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo interruptus J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo lacteus Donovan, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo parvus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo subluteus J. Adams, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa parva var. exilis Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa interrupta var. bifasciata G. O. Sars, 1878)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074680)
To ITIS
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