| Alvania pseudoareolata | |
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| Shell of Alvania pseudoareolata (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. pseudoareolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974 | |
Alvania pseudoareolata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA and the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 2.9 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 18 m. Maximum recorded depth is 808 m.
References
- Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania pseudoareolata Warén, 1974. 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=141228 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. American Journal of Science and Arts. 3: 17-309.
- Warén A. (1974). Revision of the Arctic-Atlantic Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologica Scripta 3: 121-135
- Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 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.
- Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324
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| Alvania pseudoareolata | |
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