Alvania bozcaadensis

Species of gastropod

Alvania bozcaadensis
Shell of Alvania bozcaadensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. bozcaadensis
Binomial name
Alvania bozcaadensis
Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey and Greece.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bozcaadensis Tisselli & Giunchi, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738184 on 2023-12-14
  • Manousis T., Kontadakis C, Mbazios G. & Galinou-Mitsoudi S. (2019). New records of Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for the Hellenic Seas with the description of Rissoa electrae n. sp. Xenophora Taxonomy. 26: 10–19.
  • Tisselli, M. & L. Giunchi. (2013). Due nuove specie di Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) dal nord-ovest della Turchia (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Rissoidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna. 37: 163-174
  • Bitlis B. & Öztürk B. (2017). The genus Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) along the Turkish Aegean coast with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 395-411.
  • Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
  • Conchology.be: image
  • Malacopics Photogallery: image
Taxon identifiers
Alvania bozcaadensis
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