Alvania xelae

Alvania xelae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. xelae
Binomial name
Alvania xelae J. D. Oliver & Urgorri, 2022

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Galicia, Northwest Spain.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania xelae J. D. Oliver & Urgorri, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606652 on 2024-01-16

External links

• Oliver, J. D.; Gofas, S.; Urgorri, V.; Díaz-Agras, G.; Templado, J. (2022). Rissoidae Gastropods of the outer continental shelf and slope off Galicia (NW Spain). Zootaxa. 5196(1): 1-45