Alvania nicobarica

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

Alvania nicobarica
Drawing of a shell of Alvania nicobarica (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. beyersi
Binomial name
Alvania beyersi
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Linemera) nicobarica (Thiele, 1925) · alternate representation
  • Rissoa (Alvania) nicobarica Thiele, 1925 (basionym)
  • Rissoa nicobarica Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Nicobar Islands

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania nicobarica (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594888 on 2024-01-17
  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
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