Alvania akibai
| Alvania akibai | |
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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. akibai
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania akibai (Yokoyama, 1926)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Rissoa (Alvania) akibai Yokoyama, 1926 (original combination) | |
Alvania akibai is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Sea of Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania akibai (Yokoyama, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759691 on 2024-01-16
- Hasegawa K. (2014) A review of bathyal Rissoidae in the Sea of Japan and adjacent waters (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna of the Sea of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 44: 75–148.
- Hasegawa, K. (2022). Bathyal Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) off the Russian Far East coast of the Sea of Japan, with redescription of Punctulum reticulatum Golikov, 1986. Ruthenica. 32(2): 85–92.
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