Alvania formicarum
| Alvania formicarum | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Alvania formicarum (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. formicarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989
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Alvania formicarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1] It is a small species of sea snail, typically found in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Alvania formicarum was first described by Montagu in 1803.
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
Distribution
They are typically found on the east coast of the Formigas Islets[2] in the Azores[3]
References
- ^ Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania formicarum Gofas, 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=141188 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989".
- ^ "Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- Gofas S. (1989). Two new species of Alvania (Rissoidae) from the Azores. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 14: 39-42, 15 fig
page(s): 40-41; pl., fig, 9-14
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