Alvania adiaphoros

Alvania adiaphoros
Shell of Alvania adiaphoros (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. adiaphoros
Binomial name
Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993 [1]

Alvania adiaphoros is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.03 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores. This species can only be found along the costal areas.

References

1. Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania adiaphoros Bouchet & Warén, 1993. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141152 on 9 August 2010 .

• Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885

External links

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213