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Family: Rissoidae (See list of species below)

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345 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Alvania aartseni []	No picture found Alvania aeoliae []	No picture found Alvania alboranensis []
No picture found Alvania algeriana []	No picture found Alvania amatii []	No picture found Alvania arubensis []
No picture found Alvania aspera []	No picture found Alvania auberiana [West Indian alvania]	No picture found Alvania balearica []
No picture found Alvania beani []	No picture found Alvania bermudensis []	No picture found Alvania brychia [Jan-mayan alvania]
No picture found Alvania campta []	No picture found Alvania cancellata []	No picture found Alvania canonica []
No picture found Alvania carinata []	No picture found Alvania cimex []	No picture found Alvania cimicoides []
No picture found Alvania cingulata []	No picture found Alvania clarae []	No picture found Alvania clathrella []
No picture found Alvania claudioi []	No picture found Alvania colombiana []	No picture found Alvania colossophilus []
No picture found Alvania compacta []	No picture found Alvania consociella []	No picture found Alvania corona []
No picture found Alvania crystallina []	No picture found Alvania curacaoensis []	No picture found Alvania dalmatica []
No picture found Alvania datchaensis []	No picture found Alvania deboeri []	No picture found Alvania debruynei []
No picture found Alvania dejongi []	No picture found Alvania deliciosa []	No picture found Alvania dianiensis []
No picture found Alvania dictyophora []	No picture found Alvania dipacoi []	No picture found Alvania discors []
No picture found Alvania disparilis []	No picture found Alvania dorbignyi []	No picture found Alvania electa []
No picture found Alvania elegantissima []	No picture found Alvania elisae []	No picture found Alvania emaciata []
No picture found Alvania faberi []	No picture found Alvania fischeri []	No picture found Alvania fractospira []
No picture found Alvania gagliniae []	No picture found Alvania garrafensis []	No picture found Alvania geryonia []
No picture found Alvania gradata []	No picture found Alvania guesti []	No picture found Alvania hallgassi []
No picture found Alvania herwigia []	No picture found Alvania hirta []	No picture found Alvania hispidula []
No picture found Alvania imperspicua []	No picture found Alvania isolata []	No picture found Alvania jeffreysi []
No picture found Alvania josefoi []	No picture found Alvania kermadecensis []	No picture found Alvania lactea []
No picture found Alvania lampra []	No picture found Alvania lanciae []	No picture found Alvania latior []
No picture found Alvania lineata []	No picture found Alvania litoralis []	No picture found Alvania lucinae []
No picture found Alvania mamillata []	No picture found Alvania meridioamericana []	No picture found Alvania moerchi []
No picture found Alvania moerchii []	No picture found Alvania moolenbeeki []	No picture found Alvania nestaresi []
No picture found Alvania ogasawarana []	No picture found Alvania oliverioi []	No picture found Alvania precipitata []
No picture found Alvania pseudoareolata []	No picture found Alvania punctura []	No picture found Alvania rosana [Santa Rosa alvania]
No picture found Alvania rudis []	No picture found Alvania sanjuanensis []	No picture found Alvania scabra []
No picture found Alvania schwartziana []	No picture found Alvania scrobiculata []	No picture found Alvania sculptilis []
No picture found Alvania semistriata []	No picture found Alvania settepassii []	No picture found Alvania simulans []
No picture found Alvania sleursi []	No picture found Alvania solida []	No picture found Alvania sororcula []
No picture found Alvania spinosa []	No picture found Alvania stenolopha []	No picture found Alvania subareolata []
No picture found Alvania subcrenulata []	No picture found Alvania subsoluta []	No picture found Alvania tarsodes []
No picture found Alvania tessellata []	No picture found Alvania testae []	No picture found Alvania tumida []
No picture found Alvania turkensis []	No picture found Alvania valeriae []	No picture found Alvania vermaasi []
No picture found Alvania verrilli []	No picture found Alvania villarii []	No picture found Alvania wangi []
No picture found Alvania weinkauffi []	No picture found Alvania xanthias []	No picture found Alvania zetlandica []
No picture found Alvania zylensis []	No picture found Benthonella fischeri []	No picture found Benthonella gaza []
No picture found Benthonella tenella []	No picture found Benthonellania acuticostata []	No picture found Benthonellania charope []
No picture found Benthonellania coronata []	No picture found Benthonellania donmoorei []	No picture found Benthonellania listera []
No picture found Benthonellania multicostata []	No picture found Benthonellania pyrrhias []	No picture found Benthonellania xanthias [Sharp-rib alvania]
No picture found Boreocingula castanea []	No picture found Boreocingula martyni []	No picture found Botryphallus epidauricus []
No picture found Cingula aequa []	No picture found Cingula agapeta []	No picture found Cingula alvearium []
No picture found Cingula castanea []	No picture found Cingula compsa []	No picture found Cingula conica []
No picture found Cingula helenae []	No picture found Cingula moerchi []	No picture found Cingula perfecta []
No picture found Cingula robusta []	No picture found Cingula simulans []	No picture found Cingula stewardsoni []
No picture found Cingula trifasciata []	No picture found Cingula turricula []	No picture found Cingula vaga []
No picture found Cingula varicifera []	No picture found Cingula wallichi []	No picture found Crisilla amphiglypha []
No picture found Crisilla beniamina []	No picture found Crisilla chiarellii []	No picture found Crisilla iunoniae []
No picture found Crisilla marioni []	No picture found Crisilla pseudocingulata []	No picture found Crisilla semistriata []
No picture found Crisilla spadix []	No picture found Cylindriscala andrewsii []	No picture found Cymatium nigrolabrum []
No picture found Floridiscrobs dysbatus []	No picture found Folinia bermudezi []	No picture found Folinia mottezi []
No picture found Frigidoalvania cruenta []	No picture found Frigidoalvania janmayeni [Jan mayen alvania]	No picture found Frigidoalvania pelagica [Carinate alvania]
No picture found Haloceras cingulatum []	No picture found Haurakia marmorata []	No picture found Manzonia crassa []
No picture found Manzonia crassula []	No picture found Manzonia epima []	No picture found Manzonia longinqua []
No picture found Manzonia sleursi []	No picture found Melanella chariessa []	No picture found Melanella lucida []
No picture found Merelina cheilostoma []	No picture found Merelina compacta []	No picture found Merelina granulosa []
No picture found Merelina hewa []	No picture found Merelina pisinna []	No picture found Merelina superba []
No picture found Microstelma canaliculatum []	No picture found Microstelma columbella []	No picture found Microstelma gabbi []
No picture found Microstelma japonica []	No picture found Microstelma oshikatai []	No picture found Microstelma vestale []
No picture found Obtusella intersecta []	No picture found Obtusella macilenta []	No picture found Obtusella ovulata []
No picture found Onoba aculeus [Pointed cingula]	No picture found Onoba algida []	No picture found Onoba amissa []
No picture found Onoba anderssoni []	No picture found Onoba brachia []	No picture found Onoba candidissima []
No picture found Onoba castanella []	No picture found Onoba cerinella []	No picture found Onoba cruzi []
No picture found Onoba delecta []	No picture found Onoba dimassai []	No picture found Onoba erugata []
No picture found Onoba exarata []	No picture found Onoba filostria []	No picture found Onoba fuegoensis []
No picture found Onoba gelida []	No picture found Onoba georgiana []	No picture found Onoba gianninii []
No picture found Onoba glypta []	No picture found Onoba grisea []	No picture found Onoba improcera []
Onoba kergueleni []	No picture found Onoba kermadecensis []	No picture found Onoba lacuniformis []
No picture found Onoba leptalea []	No picture found Onoba mighelsi []	No picture found Onoba mighelsii []
No picture found Onoba obliqua []	No picture found Onoba oliverioi []	No picture found Onoba ovata []
No picture found Onoba paucilirata []	No picture found Onoba platia []	No picture found Onoba protofimbriata []
No picture found Onoba schraderi []	No picture found Onoba schythei []	No picture found Onoba semicostata []
No picture found Onoba steineni []	No picture found Onoba striola []	No picture found Onoba subaedonis []
No picture found Onoba subantarctica []	No picture found Onoba subincisa []	No picture found Onoba torelli []
No picture found Onoba transenna []	No picture found Onoba turqueti []	No picture found Ovirissoa scotiana []
No picture found Parashiela ambulata []	No picture found Peringiella denticulata []	No picture found Peringiella elegans []
No picture found Plagyostila asturiana []	No picture found Powellisetia australis []	No picture found Powellisetia deserta []
No picture found Powellisetia fallax []	No picture found Powellisetia inornata []	No picture found Powellisetia microlirata []
No picture found Pseudosetia ficaratiensis []	No picture found Pseudosetia turgida []	No picture found Punctulum wyvillethomsoni []
No picture found Pusillina averni []	No picture found Pusillina benzi []	No picture found Pusillina ehrenbergi []
No picture found Pusillina harpa []	No picture found Pusillina inconspicua [Spotted risso]	No picture found Pusillina lineolata []
No picture found Pusillina marginata []	No picture found Pusillina munda []	No picture found Pusillina philippi []
No picture found Pusillina radiata []	No picture found Pusillina sarsii []	No picture found Pusillina testudae []
No picture found Pusillina tumidula []	No picture found Pusillina wallacei []	No picture found Rissoa aartseni []
No picture found Rissoa alleryi []	No picture found Rissoa angustior []	No picture found Rissoa atomus []
No picture found Rissoa auriformis []	No picture found Rissoa auriscalpium []	No picture found Rissoa cretacea []
No picture found Rissoa curta []	No picture found Rissoa decorata []	No picture found Rissoa frauenfeldiana []
No picture found Rissoa guerinii []	No picture found Rissoa incompta []	No picture found Rissoa italiensis []
No picture found Rissoa labiosa []	No picture found Rissoa lia []	No picture found Rissoa lilacina []
No picture found Rissoa membranacea [Thick-lipped spire shell]	No picture found Rissoa monodonta []	No picture found Rissoa mortoni []
No picture found Rissoa multicincta []	No picture found Rissoa ordinaria []	No picture found Rissoa panhormensis []
No picture found Rissoa paradoxa []	No picture found Rissoa parva [Thick-lipped ribbed rissoa]	No picture found Rissoa pompholyx []
No picture found Rissoa pseustes []	No picture found Rissoa pupoidea []	No picture found Rissoa rodhensis []
No picture found Rissoa scurra []	No picture found Rissoa similis []	No picture found Rissoa splendida []
No picture found Rissoa torquilla []	No picture found Rissoa variabilis [Variable risso]	No picture found Rissoa ventricosa [Ventricose rissoa]
No picture found Rissoa violacea [Violet risso snail]	No picture found Schwartziella abacocubensis []	No picture found Schwartziella bouryi []
No picture found Schwartziella bryerea []	No picture found Schwartziella catesbyana [Catesby's risso]	No picture found Schwartziella chesnelii []
No picture found Schwartziella congenita []	No picture found Schwartziella fischeri [Fischer's risso]	No picture found Schwartziella floridana []
No picture found Schwartziella helenae []	No picture found Schwartziella mellissi []	No picture found Schwartziella minor []
No picture found Schwartziella triticea []	No picture found Schwartziella turtoni []	No picture found Schwartziella vanpeli []
No picture found Setia amabilis []	No picture found Setia ambigua []	No picture found Setia antipolitana []
No picture found Setia bruggeni []	No picture found Setia fusca []	No picture found Setia kuiperi []
No picture found Setia levantina []	No picture found Setia maculata []	No picture found Setia quisquiliarum []
No picture found Setia scillae []	No picture found Setia tenuisculpta []	No picture found Setia triangularis []
No picture found Setia turriculata []	No picture found Simulamerelina caribaea []	No picture found Simulamerelina didyma []
No picture found Simulamerelina novemstriata []	No picture found Simulamerelina wanawana []	No picture found Solariorbis multistriatus []
No picture found Stosicia aberrans []	No picture found Stosicia annulata []	No picture found Stosicia bourguignati []
No picture found Stosicia chiltoni []	No picture found Stosicia houbricki []	No picture found Stosicia manikiensis []
No picture found Stosicia mirabilis []	No picture found Stosicia polytropa []	No picture found Trophon abyssorum []
No picture found Trophon limicola []	No picture found Voorwindia tiberiana []	No picture found Zebina bidentata []
No picture found Zebina browniana [Smooth risso]	No picture found Zebina gabbii []	No picture found Zebina gigantea []
No picture found Zebina laevigata []	No picture found Zebina lis []	No picture found Zebina malagazzae []
No picture found Zebina pupiniformis []	No picture found Zebina semiplicata []	Zebina tridentata []
No picture found Zebina unamae []	No picture found Zebina vitrea [Glassy rissoa]	No picture found Zebina vitrinella []

345 Species of Family Rissoidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alvania aartseni		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania aeoliae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania alboranensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania algeriana		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania amatii		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania arubensis		Western Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Alvania aspera		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania auberiana	West Indian alvania	Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Alvania balearica		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania beani		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Alvania bermudensis		Western Atlantic.	0.26 DL
Alvania brychia	Jan-mayan alvania	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Alvania campta		Western Atlantic.	0.36 DL
Alvania cancellata		Mediterranean
Alvania canonica		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Alvania carinata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania cimex		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania cimicoides		Mediterranean
Alvania cingulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania clarae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania clathrella		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania claudioi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania colombiana		Western Central Atlantic	0.13 NG
Alvania colossophilus		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania compacta		Northeast Pacific
Alvania consociella		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania corona		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania crystallina		Western Central Pacific
Alvania curacaoensis		Western Central Atlantic	0.13 NG
Alvania dalmatica		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania datchaensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania deboeri		Western Atlantic.	0.39 DL
Alvania debruynei		Western Atlantic.	0.12 DL
Alvania dejongi		Western Central Atlantic	0.11 DL
Alvania deliciosa		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL
Alvania dianiensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania dictyophora		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania dipacoi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania discors		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania disparilis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania dorbignyi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania electa		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania elegantissima		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania elisae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania emaciata		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Alvania faberi		Western Central Atlantic	0.15 DL
Alvania fischeri		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania fractospira		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania gagliniae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania garrafensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania geryonia		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania gradata		Western Central Atlantic	0.24 DL
Alvania guesti		Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Alvania hallgassi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania herwigia		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL
Alvania hirta		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania hispidula		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania imperspicua		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania isolata		Central Pacific
Alvania jeffreysi		Atlantic Ocean.	0.23 DL
Alvania josefoi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Alvania lactea		Mediterranean
Alvania lampra		Western Atlantic.	0.36 DL
Alvania lanciae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania latior		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Alvania lineata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania litoralis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania lucinae		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania mamillata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania meridioamericana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Alvania moerchi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Alvania moerchii		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea	0.33 DL
Alvania moolenbeeki		Western Central Atlantic	0.08 DL
Alvania nestaresi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania ogasawarana		Western Pacific
Alvania oliverioi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania precipitata		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Alvania pseudoareolata		Canada.	0.24 DL
Alvania punctura		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Alvania rosana	Santa Rosa alvania	East Pacific.
Alvania rudis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania sanjuanensis		Canada
Alvania scabra		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania schwartziana		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania scrobiculata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	0.34 DL
Alvania sculptilis		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania semistriata		Mediterranean
Alvania settepassii		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania simulans		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania sleursi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania solida		Western Atlantic.	0.22 DL
Alvania sororcula		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania spinosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania stenolopha		Northeast Atlantic.
Alvania subareolata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania subcrenulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania subsoluta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Alvania tarsodes		Northeast Atlantic.
Alvania tessellata		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania testae		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Alvania tumida		Southeast Pacific
Alvania turkensis		Western Atlantic.	0.12 DL
Alvania valeriae		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Alvania vermaasi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania verrilli		Arctic and Northeast Atla	0.29 DL
Alvania villarii		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania wangi		Northwest Pacific
Alvania weinkauffi		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania xanthias		Western Atlantic
Alvania zetlandica		Mediterranean Sea.
Alvania zylensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Benthonella fischeri		Western Atlantic
Benthonella gaza		Western Atlantic
Benthonella tenella		Atlantic Ocean and Medite	0.9 TL
Benthonellania acuticostata		Western Central Atlantic	0.37 DL
Benthonellania charope		Western Indian Ocean
Benthonellania coronata		Western Atlantic.	0.102 DL
Benthonellania donmoorei		Western Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Benthonellania listera		Western Atlantic.	0.27 DL
Benthonellania multicostata		Western Atlantic.	0.105 DL
Benthonellania pyrrhias		Western Central Atlantic.	0.29 DL
Benthonellania xanthias	Sharp-rib alvania	Western Atlantic.	0.21 DL
Boreocingula castanea		Northeast Atlantic and th	0.48 DL
Boreocingula martyni		Northern Pacific
Botryphallus epidauricus		Mediterranean Sea.
Cingula aequa		Eastern Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Cingula agapeta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Cingula alvearium		Western Atlantic.	0.13 DL
Cingula castanea		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Cingula compsa		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Cingula conica		Western Atlantic.	0.27 DL
Cingula helenae		Eastern Atlantic.
Cingula moerchi		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Cingula perfecta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Cingula robusta		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Cingula simulans		Eastern Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Cingula stewardsoni		Western Atlantic.	0.15 DL
Cingula trifasciata		Mediterranean Sea.
Cingula turricula		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Cingula vaga		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Cingula varicifera		Eastern Atlantic.	0.17 DL
Cingula wallichi		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Crisilla amphiglypha		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla beniamina		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla chiarellii		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla iunoniae		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla marioni		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla pseudocingulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla semistriata		Mediterranean Sea.
Crisilla spadix		Mediterranean Sea.
Cylindriscala andrewsii		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Cymatium nigrolabrum		Western Atlantic.	0.285 DL
Floridiscrobs dysbatus		Western Central Atlantic	0.34 DL
Folinia bermudezi		Western Atlantic	0.52 DL
Folinia mottezi		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Frigidoalvania cruenta		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Frigidoalvania janmayeni	Jan mayen alvania	Arctic, Northern Pacific	0.57 DL
Frigidoalvania pelagica	Carinate alvania	North America.	0.3 DL
Haloceras cingulatum		Atlantic Ocean.	1.32 DL
Haurakia marmorata		Eastern Central Pacific
Manzonia crassa		Mediterranean Sea.
Manzonia crassula		Southeast Pacific	0.155 SHL
Manzonia epima		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Manzonia longinqua		Southeast Pacific	0.2 SHH
Manzonia sleursi		Eastern Atlantic.
Melanella chariessa		Western Atlantic.	0.56 DL
Melanella lucida		Atlantic Ocean.	0.8 DL
Merelina cheilostoma		Southwest Pacific
Merelina compacta		Southwest Pacific
Merelina granulosa		Pacific Ocean
Merelina hewa		Eastern Central Pacific
Merelina pisinna		Pacific Ocean.
Merelina superba		Southwest Pacific
Microstelma canaliculatum		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Microstelma columbella		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Microstelma gabbi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Microstelma japonica		Western Central Pacific
Microstelma oshikatai		Western Central Pacific
Microstelma vestale		Western Central Atlantic.	1.08 DL
Obtusella intersecta		Mediterranean Sea, Northe
Obtusella macilenta		Mediterranean Sea.
Obtusella ovulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Onoba aculeus	Pointed cingula	Northeast Atlantic, Arcti	0.42 DL
Onoba algida		Western Atlantic.	0.313 DL
Onoba amissa		Western Atlantic.	0.218 DL
Onoba anderssoni		Western Atlantic.	0.167 DL
Onoba brachia		Western Atlantic.	0.13 DL
Onoba candidissima		Southwest Pacific
Onoba castanella		Northern Pacific	0.27 DL
Onoba cerinella		Northern Pacific
Onoba cruzi		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Onoba delecta		Western Atlantic.	0.247 DL
Onoba dimassai		Mediterranean Sea.
Onoba erugata		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.164 DL
Onoba exarata		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Onoba filostria		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Onoba fuegoensis		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.305 DL
Onoba gelida		Antarctic and Southwest P	0.294 DL
Onoba georgiana		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.27 DL
Onoba gianninii		Mediterranean Sea.
Onoba glypta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.33 DL
Onoba grisea		Western Atlantic.	0.252 DL
Onoba improcera		Northeast Atlantic and th
Onoba kergueleni		Western Atlantic, Indo-Pa	0.311 DL
Onoba kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Onoba lacuniformis		Western Atlantic and East	0.215 DL
Onoba leptalea		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	0.3 DL
Onoba mighelsi		Northeast Atlantic
Onoba mighelsii		Atlantic Ocean and Easter	0.33 DL
Onoba obliqua		Western Atlantic.	0.39 DL
Onoba oliverioi		Mediterranean Sea.
Onoba ovata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Onoba paucilirata		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.27 DL
Onoba platia		Eastern Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Onoba protofimbriata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.218 DL
Onoba schraderi		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.257 DL
Onoba schythei		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.268 DL
Onoba semicostata		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Onoba steineni		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.35 DL
Onoba striola		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.203 DL
Onoba subaedonis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.202 DL
Onoba subantarctica		Antarctic
Onoba subincisa		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.2 DL
Onoba torelli		Atlantic Ocean.	0.34 DL
Onoba transenna		Antarctic, Western Atlant	0.29 DL
Onoba turqueti		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.305 DL
Ovirissoa scotiana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Parashiela ambulata		Eastern Central Pacific
Peringiella denticulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Peringiella elegans		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagyostila asturiana		Mediterranean Sea.
Powellisetia australis		Antarctic, Western Atlant
Powellisetia deserta		Antarctic Indian Ocean	0.26 DL
Powellisetia fallax		Eastern Central Pacific
Powellisetia inornata		Western Atlantic.	0.174 DL
Powellisetia microlirata		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.164 DL
Pseudosetia ficaratiensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Pseudosetia turgida		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Punctulum wyvillethomsoni		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	0.38 DL
Pusillina averni		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.229 DL
Pusillina benzi		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina ehrenbergi		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina harpa		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Pusillina inconspicua	Spotted risso	Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Pusillina lineolata		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina marginata		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina munda		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina philippi		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina radiata		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina sarsii		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina testudae		Mediterranean Sea.
Pusillina tumidula		Northeast Atlantic and th
Pusillina wallacei		Southwest Pacific
Rissoa aartseni		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa alleryi		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa angustior		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa atomus		Eastern Atlantic.	0.1 DL
Rissoa auriformis		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa auriscalpium		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa cretacea		Western Atlantic.
Rissoa curta		Western Atlantic.	0.12 DL
Rissoa decorata		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa frauenfeldiana		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa guerinii		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa incompta		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Rissoa italiensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa labiosa		Mediterranean
Rissoa lia		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa lilacina		Northeast Atlantic
Rissoa membranacea	Thick-lipped spire shell	Northeast Atlantic and th
Rissoa monodonta		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa mortoni		Western Atlantic.
Rissoa multicincta		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa ordinaria		Eastern Atlantic.	0.13 DL
Rissoa panhormensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa paradoxa		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa parva	Thick-lipped ribbed rissoa	Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Rissoa pompholyx		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Rissoa pseustes		Eastern Atlantic.	0.13 DL
Rissoa pupoidea		Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Rissoa rodhensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa scurra		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa similis		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa splendida		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa torquilla		Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa variabilis	Variable risso	Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa ventricosa	Ventricose rissoa	Mediterranean Sea.
Rissoa violacea	Violet risso snail	Northeast Atlantic and th
Schwartziella abacocubensis		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Schwartziella bouryi		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL
Schwartziella bryerea		Atlantic Ocean.	0.58 DL
Schwartziella catesbyana	Catesby's risso	Western Atlantic.	0.46 DL
Schwartziella chesnelii		Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Schwartziella congenita		Eastern Atlantic.	0.36 DL
Schwartziella fischeri	Fischer's risso	Western Atlantic	0.37 DL
Schwartziella floridana		Western Atlantic	0.45 DL
Schwartziella helenae		Eastern Atlantic.	0.26 DL
Schwartziella mellissi		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Schwartziella minor		Western Atlantic.	0.38 DL
Schwartziella triticea		Central Pacific
Schwartziella turtoni		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Schwartziella vanpeli		Western Central Atlantic	0.38 DL
Setia amabilis		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia ambigua		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia antipolitana		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia bruggeni		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia fusca		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia kuiperi		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia levantina		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia maculata		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia quisquiliarum		Northeast Atlantic.
Setia scillae		Mediterranean Sea.
Setia tenuisculpta		Atlantic Ocean.	0.19 DL
Setia triangularis		Eastern Atlantic.	0.104 DL
Setia turriculata		Mediterranean Sea.
Simulamerelina caribaea		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Simulamerelina didyma		Western Atlantic.	0.22 DL
Simulamerelina novemstriata		Western Atlantic.	0.15 DL
Simulamerelina wanawana		Pacific Ocean
Solariorbis multistriatus		Western Atlantic	0.45 DL
Stosicia aberrans		Western Atlantic.	0.6 NG
Stosicia annulata		Western Indian Ocean.
Stosicia bourguignati		Eastern Central Pacific
Stosicia chiltoni		Pacific Ocean
Stosicia houbricki		Western Central Atlantic	0.43 NG
Stosicia manikiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Stosicia mirabilis		Western Central Pacific
Stosicia polytropa		Southwest Pacific
Trophon abyssorum		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Trophon limicola		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Voorwindia tiberiana		Western Indian Ocean and
Zebina bidentata		Pacific Ocean
Zebina browniana	Smooth risso	Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Zebina gabbii		Western Atlantic.	0.21 DL
Zebina gigantea		Western Central Pacific
Zebina laevigata		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 DL
Zebina lis		Western Central Pacific
Zebina malagazzae		Eastern Central Pacific
Zebina pupiniformis		Eastern Central Pacific
Zebina semiplicata		Eastern Central Pacific
Zebina tridentata		Indo-Pacific
Zebina unamae		Western Atlantic.	0.187 DL
Zebina vitrea	Glassy rissoa	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Zebina vitrinella		Western Atlantic.	0.54 DL

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