Alvania pseudosyngenes

Alvania pseudosyngenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. pseudosyngenes
Binomial name
Alvania pseudosyngenes
Warén, 1973
Synonyms
  • Cingula syngenes Verrill, 1884
  • Rissoa syngenes A. E. Verrill, 1884 sensu Friele & Grieg, 1901 ·

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Norway.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 199 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 199 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania pseudosyngenes Warén, 1973. 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=141229 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Warén A. (1973). Revision of the Rissoidae of the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Sarsia 53: 1-14
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155



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