Alvania amatii

Alvania amatii
Shell of Alvania amatii (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. amatii
Binomial name
Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

The shell has characterized by a paucispiral protoconch with five spiral threads.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica, France and off Turkey.

References

1. Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania amatii Oliverio, 1986. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141156 on 9 August 2010 .

• Oliverio M. (1986). Alvania amatii n. sp. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 7/8 (8-9): 28-34

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
• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
• Malacopics Photogallery: image