Alvania tomentosa

Species of gastropod

Alvania tomentosa
Shell of Alvania tomentosa (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. tomentosa
Binomial name
Alvania tomentosa
(Pallary, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Alvania altenai van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
  • Rissoa tomentosa Pallary, 1920

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy; in the Strait of Gibraltar (moroccon part)

References

  1. ^ Alvania tomentosa (Pallary, 1920). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania tomentosa (Pallary, 1920). 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=141252 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie. i>Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 108. 1(1): map
  • van Aartsen, J.J.; Menkhorst, H.P.M.G.; Gittenberger, E. (1984). The marine mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae. Basteria. Supplement 2: 1-135
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Alvania tomentosa


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