MolluscaBase name details
Rissoina varicifera Tenison Woods, 1877 †
815862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:815862)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). Notes on the Tertiary fossils referred to in the foregoing paper. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 91-116., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289312
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
Type locality contained in Tasmania
type locality contained in Tasmania [details]
Distribution The known stratigraphical distribution is from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Pliocene. The Recent form is described as a...
Distribution The known stratigraphical distribution is from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Pliocene. The Recent form is described as a subspecies, Pisinna varicifera relata (Cotton, 1844). (Ponder & Yoo, 1976: 198) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rissoina varicifera Tenison Woods, 1877 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815862 on 2026-04-12
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Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). Notes on the Tertiary fossils referred to in the foregoing paper. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 91-116., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289312
page(s): 101 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (1970). Catalogue of Australian Tertiary Mollusca (except Chitons). <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 31: 125-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191085 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (1970). Catalogue of Australian Tertiary Mollusca (except Chitons). <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 31: 125-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191085 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution The known stratigraphical distribution is from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Pliocene. The Recent form is described as a subspecies, Pisinna varicifera relata (Cotton, 1844). (Ponder & Yoo, 1976: 198) [details]
