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Alvania stenolopha

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Alvania stenolopha
Shell of Alvania stenolopha (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. stenolopha
Binomial name
Alvania stenolopha
Bouchet & Warén, 1993[1]

Alvania stenolopha is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 1.65 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ Alvania stenolopha Bouchet & Warén, 1993. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania stenolopha Bouchet & Warén, 1993. 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=141243 on 9 August 2010 .
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