Alvania zetlandica

Alvania zetlandica
	Shell of Alvania zetlandica (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. zetlandica
Binomial name
	Alvania zetlandica; (Montagu, 1815)
Synonyms
	Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815; Manzonia zetlandica (Montagu, 1815); Rissoa canaliculata Philippi, 1844 (dubious synonym); Rissoa carinata Aradas, 1847; Rissoa cyclostomata Récluz, 1843 (dubious synonym); Rissoa scalariformis Metcalfe in Thorpe, 1844; Turbo zetlandicus Montagu, 1815 (basionym);

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

Description

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and arctic waters of Canada.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

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