Alvania beyersi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania beyersi
Drawing of a shell of Alvania beyersi (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. beyersi
Binomial name
Alvania beyersi
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) beyersi (Thiele, 1925) · alternate representation
  • Rissoa (Alvania) beyersi Thiele, 1925 (basionym)
  • Rissoa beyersi Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs on the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania beyersi (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594884 on 2024-01-17
  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
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