Alvania stocki is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania stocki | |
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| Shell of Alvania stocki (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. stocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania stocki Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.
References edit
- ^ Alvania stocki Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. WoRMS (2009). Alvania stocki Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224666 on 9 August 2010 .
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp
External links edit
- Moolenbeek R.G. & Rolán E. (1988). New species of Rissoidae from the Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda) part 1. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum. 11(14): 121-126
- Templado, J.; Rolán, E. (1994 ("1993") ). Las especies del género Crisilla y afines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Rissoidea) en el archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Iberus. 11(2): 1-25