WoRMS taxon details
Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803)
731914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731914)
accepted
Species
Helix decussata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata (Montagu, 1803) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. raricostulata Sacco, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. turritopaucicosta Sacco, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
marine
(of Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803)) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] 
(of Helix decussata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
(of Helix decussata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
Description The illustration of the Red Sea specimen is not Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803)
Description The illustration of the Red Sea specimen is not Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731914 on 2026-10-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803)) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Helix decussata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. raricostulata Sacco, 1895) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 38; plate 1, fig. 107 [details]
original description (of Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. turritopaucicosta Sacco, 1895) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 38; plate 1, fig. 108 [details]
basis of record Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). <i>Miscellanea Malacologica</i> 6(1): 9-14. [5 June 2013] [details]
original description (of Helix decussata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. raricostulata Sacco, 1895) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 38; plate 1, fig. 107 [details]
original description (of Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata var. turritopaucicosta Sacco, 1895) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 38; plate 1, fig. 108 [details]
basis of record Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). <i>Miscellanea Malacologica</i> 6(1): 9-14. [5 June 2013] [details]
Other
additional source
Kovács, Z.; Stein, G. (2026). Middle Miocene Rissooidea (Gastropoda) assemblages in the Mecsek Mts (Hungary). <em>Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica.</em> 40: 39-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.17111/fragmpalhung.2025.40.39 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description The illustration of the Red Sea specimen is not Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Helix decussata Montagu, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix decussata Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4239) (from synonym Helix decussata Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Zebinella decussata (Montagu,1803) Guadeloupe, Grande Terre, Anse de Kahouanne)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix decussata Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4239) (from synonym Helix decussata Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Zebinella decussata (Montagu,1803) Guadeloupe, Grande Terre, Anse de Kahouanne)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803))
