Alvania multinodula

Alvania multinodula
Shell of Alvania multinodula (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. multinodula
Binomial name
Alvania multinodula
Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998

Alvania multinodula 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 2.3 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.

References

  1. ^ Alvania multinodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. WoRMS (2009). Alvania multinodula Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224658 on 9 August 2010 .

Further reading

  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-325-31973-6. 455 pp


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