Alvania marioi

Alvania marioi
Shell of Alvania marioi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. marioi
Binomial name
Alvania marioi
Gofas, 1999[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

  1. ^ Gofas S. (1999). The West African Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) and their similarities to some European species. The Nautilus 113(3): 78-101.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ Alvania marioi Gofas, 1999. WoRMS (2010). Alvania marioi Gofas, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457473 on 9 August 2010 .


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