Alvania tessellata

Alvania tessellata
Shell of Alvania tessellata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. tessellata
Binomial name
Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868

Alvania tessellata 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 3.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain and Algeria.

References

1. Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania tessellata Weinkauff, 1868. 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=141250 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• Weinkauff, H. C. (1867). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307 (1867), Vol. 2: pp. VI + 512 (1868)
• 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
• Marinespecies.org: image