Alvania schwartziana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
| Alvania schwartziana | |
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| Shell of Alvania schwartziana (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 |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. schwartziana
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania schwartziana | |
The specific name schwartziana is in honor of Gustav Franziskus Maria Schwartz von Mohrenstern.[1]
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Adriatic Sea off Croatia; also off Greece.
References edit
- ^ a b (in Italian) Brusina S. (1866). "Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 1-134. page 25-26.
- ^ Alvania schwartziana Brusina, 1866. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania schwartziana Brusina, 1866. 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=141234 on 9 August 2010 .