Galapagos Species Database
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Rissoina chathamensis
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Rissooidea
Family
Rissoinidae
Genus
Rissoina
Species
chathamensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eulima chathamensis Hutton, 1873, Rissoa rugulosa Hutton, 1873, Rissoina rugulosa (Hutton, 1873) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Endemic
- Bartsch, P. (1917) A Monograph of West American Melanellid Mollusks. Smithsonian Inst. Natl. Mus. Proc. 53(2207): 295-356.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rissoina chathamensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20024. Accessed 1 November 2026.