The biology and ecology of Rissoa parva (da Costa) [Gastropoda: Prosobranchia]

The family Rissoidae comprises 24 British species, occurring, many in great profusion, in both littoral and sublittoral marine habitats. On rocky shores the most prolific species is Rissoa parva (da Costa), which occupies a number of microhabitats, algae in particular, centred on the infralittoral f...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975-03, Vol.55 (1), p.45-67
Main Author: Wigham, G. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The family Rissoidae comprises 24 British species, occurring, many in great profusion, in both littoral and sublittoral marine habitats. On rocky shores the most prolific species is Rissoa parva (da Costa), which occupies a number of microhabitats, algae in particular, centred on the infralittoral fringe but reaching as high as M.T.L., and may also be found sublittorally off these shores.
ISSN:0025-3154
1469-7769
DOI:10.1017/S0025315400015745