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Alvania subcrenulata

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Alvania subcrenulata
Apertural view of a shell of Alvania subcrenulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. subcrenulata
Binomial name
Alvania subcrenulata
(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acinopsis subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
  • Alvania (Alvania) subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
  • Rissoa crenulata var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1844
  • Rissoa subcrenulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 (basionym)

Alvania subcrenulata 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 shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Capri, Sicily, Corsica and Greece.

References

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  1. ^ Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G., 1882-1886: Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. , Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils, 570 p., 66 pl.
  2. ^ Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcrenulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884). 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=141246 on 4 November 2012 .
  • 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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  • Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle (Halis Saxorum): Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28
  • Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
  • "Alvania (Alvania) subcrenulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.