Alvania flava

Alvania flava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. flava
Binomial name
Alvania flava
Okutani, 1964

Alvania flava 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 0.6 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Sea of Japan; also off the Philippines and the Kuriles, Russia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania flava Okutani, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865536 on 2024-01-23
  • Okutani T. (1964). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal gastropod Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. Soyo-Maru during the years 1955–1963. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. section II, 15(3): 371–447, 7 pls.
  • Sasaki, T. (2008). Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics. Zoosymposia. 1: 147–232.