Alvania balearica

Alvania balearica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. balearica
Binomial name
Alvania balearica
Oliver & Templado, 2009[1]

Alvania balearica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Balearic Islands.

References

  1. Oliver J.D. & Templado J., 2009. Dos nuevas especies del género Alvania (Caenogastropoda, Rissoidae). Iberus 27(1): 57-66.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009. WoRMS (2010). Alvania balearica Oliver & Templado, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458013 on 9 August 2010.


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