Alvania uapou

Species of gastropod

Alvania uapou
Shell of Alvania uapou (hoplotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. uapou
Binomial name
Alvania uapou
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023

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

Description

The lenght of the shell attains 1.7 mm. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania uapou Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725138 on 2023-
  2. ^ MNHN, Paris: Alvania uapou
  • Amati B.; Di Giulio, A.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema. 45(25): 803-892


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