Alvania pettinellii
| Alvania pettinellii | |
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| Shell of Alvania pettinellii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. pettinellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024
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Alvania pettinellii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The lengfht of the shell attains 1.57 mm. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Kenya. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania pettinellii Amati, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1737157 on 2024-09-11
- ^ MNHN, Paris: Alvania pettinellii
External links
[edit]- Amati, B. (2024). "A new species of Alvania Risso, 1826 from the Western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda Rissoidae)". Biodiversity Journal. 15 (1): 28. Retrieved 11 September 2024.