Alvania josefoi

Alvania josefoi
Shell of Alvania josefoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. josefoi
Binomial name
Alvania josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands and Greece.

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 josefoi Oliver & Templado, 2009. WoRMS (2010). Alvania josefoi 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=458014 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Amati, B.; Appolloni, M.; Giulio, A. D.; Scuderi, D.; Smriglio, C.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Revision of the Recent Alvania scabra (Philippi, 1844) complex (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4767(3): 415-458
• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references