Alvania paatsi
Species of gastropod
| Alvania paatsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. paatsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998 | |
Alvania paatsi 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 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.
References
- ^ Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania paatsi Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224664 on 9 August 2010 .
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
External links
- 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
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