Alvania fractospira

Alvania fractospira
	Shell of Alvania fractospira (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. fractospira
Binomial name
	Alvania fractospira; (Oberling, 1970)

Alvania fractospira 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 attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia.

It also occurs in the Mediterranean, for example, around Greece and Cyprus. See Marine Molluscs from Cyprus: new data and checklist (Ozturk, Buzzurro & Benli).

References[edit]

^ Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). 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=141189 on 9 August 2010 .

Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1–7.
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J.; Oliverio, M. (1991). The Rissoid species described by J.J. Oberling. Bollettino Malacologico. 27:107-120. page(s): 113–114; fig. 5
Tisselli M. & Giunchi L., 2013. - Due nuove specie di Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) dal nord-ovest della Turchia (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 37: 163-174

External links[edit]

Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references

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[WoRMS-1] Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). 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=141189 on 9 August 2010 .

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