Alvania discors
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. discors
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Binomial name | |
Alvania discors (Allan, 1818)
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Alvania discors is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution. It is found in the following locations:
- European waters
- Mediterranean Sea (Italy, Greece)
- Atlantic Ocean (Canada, USA)
- Pacific Ocean
References
- ^ a b Alvania discors (Allan, 1818). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania discors (Allan, 1818). 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=141181 on 18 April 2012 .
- 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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