Alvania subcalathus
| Alvania subcalathus | |
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| Several views of a shell of Alvania subcalathus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. subcalathus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906) | |
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Alvania subcalathus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 4.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
- ↑ Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). 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=141245 on 4 November 2012.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (l
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