Alvania amatii

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Alvania amatii
Shell of Alvania amatii (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. amatii
Binomial name
Alvania amatii
Oliverio, 1986

Alvania amatii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

The shell has characterized by a paucispiral protoconch with five spiral threads.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica, France and off Turkey.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986. 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=141156 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Oliverio M. (1986). Alvania amatii n. sp. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 7/8 (8-9): 28-34

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