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Alvania mediolittoralis

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Species of gastropod

Alvania mediolittoralis
Several views of a shell of Alvania mediolittoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. mediolittoralis
Binomial name
Alvania mediolittoralis
Gofas, 1989
Synonyms

Alvania (Alvania) mariae Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d'

Alvania mediolittoralis 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 2.2 mm and 3 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira.

References

  1. Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989. 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=141213 on 4 November 2012 .
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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Taxon identifiers
Alvania mediolittoralis


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