Alvania concinna

Alvania concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. concinna
Binomial name
Alvania concinna A. Adams, 1861

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan and in the Ind-Pacific.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania concinna A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576593 on 2024-01-18

• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
• Tomita, K.; Mizushima, T. (1984). Mollusks on leaves of Zostero marina in Notsuke Bay − 1. Fauna and Growth of the Major Three Species. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 43(4）：331ー338.

External links

• Adams, A. (1861). On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 8: 135-142
• Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls
• Conchology.be: image