Alvania peloritana

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

Alvania peloritana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. peloritana
Binomial name
Alvania peloritana
(Aradas & Benoit, 1874)
Synonyms

Rissoa peloritana Aradas & Benoit, 1874

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (off the coast of Messina)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania peloritana (Aradas & Benoit, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057916 on 2024-01-27
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp
  • Amati, B.; Appolloni, M.; Quaggiotto, E.; Smriglio, C.; Oliverio, M. (2019). Notes on some taxa of the Alvania lineata-complex with the descriptions of three new species from the Mediterranean Sea (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Iberus. 37(1): 81–112.

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