Rissoinidae and Zebinidae

Members of the family Rissoinidae are small, often overlooked shells that seem to have received less study than other groups. There are few references for identification and it is likely that the family will be considerably reworked at some point. Most of our photos are of empty shells, mostly sorted from samples of collected sediment. (Click on a thumbnail for more images of that species.)

RISSOINIDAE

Apataxia cerithiiformis	Moerchiella cf antoni	Moerchiella dorbignyi
Moerchiella cf dorbignyi	Pandalosia cf ephamilla	Phosinella clathrata
Phosiniella cf clathrata	Phosinella nodicincta	Rissoina ambigua
Rissoina cf costata	Rissoina honoluluensis	Rissoina cf plicata
Rissoina cf plicatula	Rissoina quasimodo	Rissoina tenuistriata
Rissoina sp. 2	Rissoina sp. 5	Rissoina sp. 6
Rissoina sp. 7	Rissoina sp. 10	Rissoina sp. 11
Rissoina sp. 13	Rissoina sp. 14	Rissoina sp. 15
Rissoina sp. 16	Rissoina sp. 17	Rissoinidae? sp.

ZEBINIDAE

Stosicia bourguignati	Tomlinella lamellata	Zebina tridentata
Zebina sp. 1	Zebina sp. 2	Zebina sp. 3
Zebina sp. 4

Back to Shells

Kwajalein Underwater home

All photos are protected by copyright. Please contact uwkwaj@yahoo.com for more information on purchase, use, or redistribution of any photos.