| Alvania corona | |
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| Shell of Alvania corona (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. corona |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania corona Nordsieck, 1972 | |
Alvania corona is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily.
References
- Alvania corona Nordsieck, 1972. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania corona Nordsieck, 1972. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141174 on 9 August 2010 .
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp
External links
- 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
- Malacopics Photogallery: image
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