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Alvania akibai

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Species of gastropod

Alvania akibai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. akibai
Binomial name
Alvania akibai
(Yokoyama, 1926)
Synonyms

Rissoa (Alvania) akibai Yokoyama, 1926 (original combination)

Alvania akibai is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2024)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania akibai (Yokoyama, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759691 on 2024-01-16
  • Hasegawa K. (2014) A review of bathyal Rissoidae in the Sea of Japan and adjacent waters (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna of the Sea of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 44: 75–148.
  • Hasegawa, K. (2022). Bathyal Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) off the Russian Far East coast of the Sea of Japan, with redescription of Punctulum reticulatum Golikov, 1986. Ruthenica. 32(2): 85–92.

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Taxon identifiers
Alvania akibai


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