Alvania angioyi

Alvania angioyi
Shell of Alvania angioyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. angioyi
Binomial name
Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982

Alvania angioyi 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 1.3 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and the Canary Islands.

References

1. Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania angioyi van Aartsen, 1982. 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=141157 on 9 August 2010 .

• van Aartsen, J. J. (1982). Synoptic tables of Medit. and Europ. conchology. Genus Alvania (Sbg. Arsenia & Alvaniella) (Tav. XXI). La Conchiglia. 14 (164-165): 4-6.
• Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80

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
• Conchology.be: image