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Alvania suroiti

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Alvania suroiti
Shell of Alvania suroiti (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. suroiti
Binomial name
Alvania suroiti
Gofas, 2007[1]

Alvania suroiti is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Description

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The shell attains a length of 2.14 mm.

Distribution

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This species is found on the Great Meteor and Hyères seamounts in the North Atlantic, commonly at a depth of 330–480 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ a b Alvania suroiti Gofas, 2007. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania suroiti Gofas, 2007. 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=345736 on 9 August 2010 .