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Rissoa albugo Risso’s Snail

Rissoa albugo 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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Rissoa albugo,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
17595 
AphiaID:
141344 
Scientific:
Rissoa albugo 
German:
Rissoschnecke 
English:
Risso’s Snail 
Category:
Snegler 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoa (Genus) > albugo (Species) 
Initial determination:
R. B. Watson, 1873 
Occurrence:
European Coasts, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 22 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,16cm - 0,25cm) 
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 alleryi
  • Rissoa angeli
  • Rissoa angustior
  • Rissoa atkinsoni
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-11 19:17:25 

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Rissoa albugo R. B. Watson, 1873

Rissoa albugo is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Synonymised names
Setia albugo (R. B. Watson, 1873) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. rkapeller.eu (en). Abgerufen am 11.07.2025.

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