Alvania poucheti

Alvania poucheti
Shell of Alvania poucheti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. poucheti
Binomial name
Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889
Synonyms
Alvania poucheti var. cingulifera Dautzenberg, 1889

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

1. Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania poucheti Dautzenberg, 1889. 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=141227 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Dautzenberg, P. (1889). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Iles Açores. Resultats des dragages effectués par le yacht l'Hirondelle pendant sa campagne scientifique de 1887. Révision des mollusques marins des Açores. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, I. Imprimerie de Monaco. 112 pp.; IV plates
• 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.