RISSOIDAE Gray, 1847
(a family of prosobranch marine snails)

Interactions where RISSOIDAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
grazes on Major CHROMISTA algae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Rissoidae/Rissoidaea family of prosobranch marine snails Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/ChromistaalgaeMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Onoba
a genus of molluscs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyRISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
SuperfamilyRISSOOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. 1978 The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 4 - Marine Rissoacea J. Mollus. Stud. Supplement 6.

RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails):

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