| Alvania pettinellii | |
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| Shell of Alvania pettinellii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. pettinellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024 | |
Alvania pettinellii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell reaches approximately 1.57 mm in height and 0.92 mm in width.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Kenya.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1737157 on 2024-09-11
- MNHN, Paris: Alvania pettinellii
External links
- Amati, B. (2024). "A new species of Alvania Risso, 1826 from the Western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda Rissoidae)". Biodiversity Journal. 15 (1): 28. doi:10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.1.27.32.
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| Alvania pettinellii | |
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