Alvania mediolittoralis

Alvania mediolittoralis
Several views of a shell of Alvania mediolittoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. mediolittoralis
Binomial name
Alvania mediolittoralis
Gofas, 1989
Synonyms

Alvania (Alvania) mariae Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d'

Alvania mediolittoralis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira.

References

  1. ↑ Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141213 on 4 November 2012.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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