| Alvania geryonia | |
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| Shell of Alvania geryonia | |
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. geryonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania geryonia (Nardo, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rissoa geryonia Nardo, 1847 | |
Alvania geryonia is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica, France, Tuscany, Italy and Greece; also in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References
- Alvania geryonia (Nardo, 1847). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania geryonia (Nardo, 1847). 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=141191 on 9 August 2010 .
External links
- Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. Antonelli: Venezia.
- 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
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
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| Alvania geryonia | |
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