Alvania kowiensis

Alvania kowiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. kowiensis
Binomial name
Alvania kowiensis Tomlin, 1931
Synonyms
Alvania ima Bartsch, 1915 (invalid: junior homonym of Alvania ima Bartsch, 1911)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania kowiensis Tomlin, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594839 on 2024-01-24

• Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals of the Natal Museum. 6(3): 415–450, pl. 33

External links

• Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates.
• Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. i>Annals of the South African Museum 47(1): 1-199.,