Alvania pizzinii

Alvania pizzinii
Shell of Alvania pizzinii (holotype atMNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. pizzinii
Binomial name
Alvania pizzinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2020

Alvania pizzinii 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 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pizzinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1434692 on 2024-01-06

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