| Alvania esmes | |
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| Shell of Alvania esmes (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. esmes |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania esmes Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023 | |
Alvania esmes is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Aegean Sea.
References
- ↑ Manousis, T., Oliver, J. D. & Zaminos, G. (2023). Description of Alvania esmes sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 38: 3-9.
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