Alvania fractospira
Appearance
Alvania fractospira | |
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Shell of Alvania fractospira (specimen 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. fractospira
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Binomial name | |
Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970)
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Alvania fractospira 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 attains 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
It also occurs in the Mediterranean, for example, around Greece and Cyprus. See Marine Molluscs from Cyprus: new data and checklist (Ozturk, Buzzurro & Benli).
References
[edit]- ^ Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). 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=141189 on 9 August 2010 .
- Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1–7.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
- Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J.; Oliverio, M. (1991). The Rissoid species described by J.J. Oberling. Bollettino Malacologico. 27:107-120. page(s): 113–114; fig. 5
- Tisselli M. & Giunchi L., 2013. - Due nuove specie di Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) dal nord-ovest della Turchia (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 37: 163-174
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