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

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

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

References

  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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