Alvania zetlandica

Alvania zetlandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. zetlandica
Binomial name
	Alvania zetlandica; (Montagu, 1815)
Synonyms
	Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815; Manzonia zetlandica (Montagu, 1815); Rissoa canaliculata Philippi, 1844 (dubious synonym); Rissoa carinata Aradas, 1847; Rissoa cyclostomata Récluz, 1843 (dubious synonym); Rissoa scalariformis Metcalfe in Thorpe, 1844; Turbo zetlandicus Montagu, 1815 (basionym);

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

Description

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and arctic waters of Canada.

^ ^a ^b Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815). 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=141257 on 9 August 2010 .

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Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

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