Alvania piersmai

Alvania piersmai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. piersmai
Binomial name
Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands

References

1. Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. 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=141224 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Moolenbeek R.G. & Hoenselaar H.J. (1989). The genus Alvania on the Canary Islands and Madeira (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Part 1. Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 11(27): 215-228
• 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
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