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Alvania multiquadrata

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Alvania multiquadrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. multiquadrata
Binomial name
Alvania multiquadrata
van der Linden & Wagner, 1989

Alvania multiquadrata 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 1.47 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989. 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=141218 on 9 August 2010 .
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