Alvania hallgassi

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Alvania hallgassi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. hallgassi
Binomial name
Alvania hallgassi
Amati & Oliverio, 1985

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Otranto, Italy; also off Greece.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania hallgassi Amati & Oliverio, 1985. 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=141193 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Amati B. & Oliverio M. (1985). Alvania (Alvaniella) hallgassii sp. n. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 6(1-2): 28-34
  • Romani L. (2014). Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro et Prkic, 2007 (Gastropoda Rissoidae): range extension, shell variability, habitat and relationships with A. hallgassi Amati et Oliverio, 1985. Biodiversity Journal. 5(4): 509-514

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