Alvania seinensis
Shell of Alvania seinensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. seinensis
Binomial name
Alvania seinensis
Gofas, 2007[1]

Alvania seinensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean off the Seine Seamount near Madeira.

References

  1. Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. Alvania seinensis Gofas, 2007. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania seinensis Gofas, 2007. 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=345732 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885


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