Alvania pettinellii

Alvania pettinellii
Shell of Alvania pettinellii (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. pettinellii
Binomial name
Alvania pettinellii
Amati, 2024

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

Description

The length of the shell reaches approximately 1.57 mm in height and 0.92 mm in width.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kenya.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1737157 on 2024-09-11
  2. ^ MNHN, Paris: Alvania pettinellii
  • Amati, B. (2024). "A new species of Alvania Risso, 1826 from the Western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda Rissoidae)". Biodiversity Journal. 15 (1): 28. doi:10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.1.27.32.


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