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Alvania meridioamericana

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Alvania meridioamericana
Shell of Alvania meridioamericana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. meridioamericana
Binomial name
Alvania meridioamericana
Weisbord, 1962

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

Taxonomy

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This is a Lirobarleeia (Barleeidae); possibly a junior synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) [1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao and Venezuela

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532376 on 2024-01-02
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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