Jump to content

Alvania garrafensis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alvania garrafensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. garrafensis
Binomial name
Alvania garrafensis
Peñas & Rolán, 2008[1]

Alvania garrafensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Description

[edit]

The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm, its diameter 1.65 mm.

Distribution

[edit]

This marine species occurs off Garraf, Spanish Mediterranean coastline.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus26(2): 15-42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania garrafensis Peñas & Rolán, 2008. 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=380558 on 9 August 2010 .