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Alvania aeoliae

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Alvania aeoliae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. aeoliae
Binomial name
Alvania aeoliae
Palazzi, 1988

Alvania aeoliae 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 varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Aeolian Islands, Sicily

References

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  1. ^ Alvania aeoliae Palazzi, 1988. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania aeoliae Palazzi, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141154 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Palazzi, S. (1988). Description of two new species of Alvania. La Conchiglia. 230-231: 21-24.
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