Alvania subcalathus
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Alvania subcalathus | |
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Several views of a shell of Alvania subcalathus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. subcalathus
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Binomial name | |
Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906)
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Alvania subcalathus 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 2.5 mm and 4.3 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012) |
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and the Savage Islands.
References
- ^ Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). 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=141245 on 4 November 2012 .
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
External links
- Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 32. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 pp., 5 plates
- Segers, Willy, Frank Swinnen, and António Domingos Abreu. "An annotated checklist of the marine molluscs from the archipelagos of Madeira and the Selvagens (NE Atlantic Ocean)." (2009).
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- "Alvania subcalathus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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