Alvania monserratensis
| Alvania monserratensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. monserratensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania monserratensis F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930
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Alvania monserratensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
This and other Western American species were attributed to Alvinia Monterosato, 1884, following Keen (1971); nevertheless it is not proved to be more related to the Mediterranean type species Alvania weinkauffi Weinkauff, 1868 than to other Alvania s.l. and is therefore retained in Alvania. [1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs off the Monserate Island, Gulf of California; also off the Galapagos Islands
References[edit]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania monserratensis F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564915 on 2024-01-03
- Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
- Warén A. (1974). Revision of the Arctic-Atlantic Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologica Scripta 3: 121-135
External links[edit]
- Baker, F., Hanna, G. D. & Strong, A. M. (1930). Some rissoid Mollusca from the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. ser. 4, 19(4): 23-40, pl. 1.
- Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 229-549.