Alvania microstriata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
| Alvania microstriata | |
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| Shell of Alvania microstriata (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. microstriata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania microstriata (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998)[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 1.4 mm and 2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.
References edit
- ^ Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 62: 69-115. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ^ Alvania microstriata (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania microstriata (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). 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=141214 on 9 August 2010 .
- Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885
External links edit
- Segers, Willy, Frank Swinnen, and António Domingos Abreu. "An annotated checklist of the marine molluscs from the archipelagos of Madeira and the Selvagens (NE Atlantic Ocean)." (2009).
- 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