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Alvania vermaasi
Shell of Alvania vermaasi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. vermaasi
Binomial name
Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975

Alvania vermaasi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea off Spain (Bay of Algeciras); also in the Atlantic Ocean on the Gorringe Ridge.

References

1. van Aartsen J.J. (1975). Alvania vermaasi nov. spec. , a new species of Gastropod from the Gulf of Algeciras (Spain). Basteria 39(3-6): 91-96. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975. 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=180969 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• van Aartsen, J.J. (1975). Alvania vermaasi nov. spec. , a new species of Gastropod from the Gulf of Algeciras (Spain). Basteria. 39(3-6): 91-96

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