Alvania cruzi

Alvania cruzi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. cruzi
Binomial name
Alvania cruzi (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974)
Synonyms
Onoba cruzi(Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974) Rissoa cruziCastellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974 (original combination)

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

Originally described as Rissoa cruzi by Castellanos and Fernández in 1974, it was reclassified into the genus Alvania based on shell characteristics.

This species was first documented in southern Brazilian waters more than 35 years after its initial description. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania herwigia (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532375 on 2023-12-28
2. Wiggers, Veitenheimer-Mendes (December 2009). "First record and new combination of a rissoid gastropod from off south Brazil". doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2009v22n4p251.

• Castellanos, Z. J. A. de & Fernández, D. E. (1974). Nuevas Rissoa Freminuille 1813 del Atlántico sudoccidental (Mollusca Rissoacea). Neotrópica. 20 (63): 153–155.

External links

• Wiggers F. & Veitenheimer-Mendes I. (2009) First record and new combination of a rissoid gastropod from off south Brazil. Biotemas 22 (4): 251-254