| Alvania dipacoi | |
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| Shell of Alvania dipacoi (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 |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. dipacoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989 | |
Alvania dipacoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
Alvania dipacoi is a small sea snail with a shell of 2-2.6 mm in length. The shell is a spiral shape and generally an off white colour.
Distribution
It can be found in the Mediterranean sea around the Tuscan Archipelago, and also around the Canary Islands and West Africa (Mauretania).
References
- Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989. 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=141180 on 9 August 2010 .
- "Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989". Sealife Base. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- "Alvania dipacoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
External links
- Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria. 62(1-2): 69-115
- Conchology.be: image
- Malacopics Photogallery: image
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