Alvania macella
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| Alvania macella | |
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| Shell of Alvania macella (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. macella |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania macella Gofas, 2007[1] | |
Alvania macella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Atlantis Seamount.
References
[edit]- ^ Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ^ Alvania macella Gofas, 2007. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania macella Gofas, 2007. 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=345739 on 9 August 2010 .
- Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885