Alvania marchadi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania marchadi | |
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| Shell of Alvania marchadi (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. marchadi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania marchadi (Gofas, 1999)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal at depths between 80 m and 250 m.
References edit
- ^ Alvania marchadi (Gofas, 1999). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania marchadi (Gofas, 1999). 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=141212 on 9 August 2010 .
External links edit
- Gofas S. (1999). The West African Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) and their similarities to some European species. The Nautilus 113(3): 78-101
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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