Alvania formicarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania formicarum | |
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| Shell of Alvania formicarum (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. formicarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
They are typically found on the east coast of the Formigas Islets[2] in the Azores[3]
References edit
- ^ Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989. 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=141188 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989".
- ^ "Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- Gofas S. (1989). Two new species of Alvania (Rissoidae) from the Azores. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 14: 39-42, 15 fig
page(s): 40-41; pl., fig, 9-14
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