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Alvania oetyliaca

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Alvania oetyliaca
Shell of Alvania oetyliaca (holotype ayt MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. oetyliaca
Binomial name
Alvania oetyliaca
Amati & Chiarelli, 2017

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.1 mm, its diameter 1.35 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Turkey

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania oetyliaca Amati & Chiarelli, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046085 on 2024-01-04
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221
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