Rissoa guerinii Risso’s Snail

Rissoa guerinii is commonly referred to as Risso’s Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17612 

AphiaID:

141353 

Scientific:

Rissoa guerinii 

German:

Rissoschnecke 

English:

Risso’s Snail 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoa (Genus) > guerinii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Récluz, 1843 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the North Sea, Belgium, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 110 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rissoa aartseni
• Rissoa acerosa
• Rissoa aequatorialis
• Rissoa aethiopica
• Rissoa agulhasensis
• 
  Rissoa albugo
  Rissoschnecke
• Rissoa alleryi
• Rissoa angeli
• Rissoa angustior
• Rissoa atkinsoni
• Rissoa auriculata
• Rissoa auriformis
• Rissoa auriscalpium
• Rissoa australis
• Rissoa becki
• Rissoa candidata
• Rissoa cooperi
• Rissoa decorata
• Rissoa diemenensis
• Rissoa euxinica
• Rissoa frauenfeldi
• Rissoa frauenfeldiana
• Rissoa frenchiensis
• Rissoa gemmula
• Rissoa gilva
• Rissoa gomerica
• 
  Rissoa guerinii
  Rissoschnecke
• Rissoa guernei
• Rissoa ilca
• Rissoa imbrex
• Rissoa ina
• Rissoa incompleta
• Rissoa incompta
• Rissoa infrastriolata
• Rissoa innocens
• Rissoa irritans
• Rissoa italiensis
• Rissoa janusi
• Rissoa layardi
• Rissoa lia
• 
  Rissoa lilacina
  Lila-Mund Rissoschnecke
• Rissoa macra
• Rissoa macrostoma
• Rissoa membranacea
• Rissoa microstoma
• Rissoa mirabilis
• Rissoa monodonta
• Rissoa multicincta
• Rissoa multicostata
• Rissoa nina
• Rissoa obeliscus
• Rissoa olangoensis
• Rissoa pachia
• Rissoa panhormensis
• Rissoa paradoxa
• Rissoa parva
• Rissoa patens
• Rissoa paupera
• Rissoa peregra
• Rissoa perforata
• Rissoa pernambucensis
• Rissoa perspecta
• Rissoa plagiostoma
• Rissoa plica
• Rissoa pompholyx
• Rissoa porcellana
• Rissoa praeda
• Rissoa proditoris
• Rissoa pseudoguerini
• Rissoa pulvillus
• Rissoa punctum
• Rissoa pygmaea
• Rissoa quantilla
• Rissoa rara
• Rissoa rodhensis
• Rissoa roseocincta
• Rissoa rufanensis
• Rissoa rustica
• Rissoa scopulorum
• Rissoa scurra
• Rissoa semicarinata
• Rissoa siberutensis
• Rissoa similis
• Rissoa sismondiana
• Rissoa sordida
• Rissoa sowerbyi
• Rissoa splendida
• Rissoa stewartiana
• Rissoa sulcifera
• Rissoa sumatrana
• Rissoa sundaica
• Rissoa teres
• Rissoa tomlini
• Rissoa torquilla
• Rissoa tritonia
• Rissoa umbilicata
• Rissoa variabilis
• Rissoa ventricosa
• Rissoa venusta
• Rissoa verdensis
• Rissoa verecunda
• Rissoa vicina
• 
  Rissoa violacea
  Violette Rissoa
• Rissoa zitteli
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-18 14:56:21 

Last edit:

2025-07-18 15:07:50 

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