Alvania hallgassi

Alvania hallgassi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. hallgassi
Binomial name
Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Otranto, Italy; also off Greece.

References

1. Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141193 on 9 August 2010 .

• Amati B. & Oliverio M. (1985). Alvania (Alvaniella) hallgassii sp. n. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 6(1-2): 28-34
• Romani L. (2014). Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro et Prkic, 2007 (Gastropoda Rissoidae): range extension, shell variability, habitat and relationships with A. hallgassi Amati et Oliverio, 1985. Biodiversity Journal. 5(4): 509-514

External links

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
• Conchology.be: image