Alvania renei
| Alvania renei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. renei
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania renei (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998)
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Alvania renei 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 varies between 1.7 mm and 2 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References[edit]
- ^ Alvania renei (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania renei (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). 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=141231 on 9 August 2010 .
External links[edit]
- Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria. 62(1-2): 69-115.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213