Alvania bozcaadensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alvania bozcaadensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
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. bozcaadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey and Greece.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738184 on 2023-12-14
- Manousis T., Kontadakis C, Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. (2019). New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp. Xenophora Taxonomy. 26: 10–19.
External links edit
- Tisselli, M. & L. Giunchi. (2013). Due nuove specie di Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) dal nord-ovest della Turchia (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna. 37: 163-174
- Bitlis B. & Öztürk B. (2017). The genus Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) along the Turkish Aegean coast with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 395-411.
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
- Conchology.be: image
- Malacopics Photogallery: image
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