Alvania dipacoi

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Alvania dipacoi
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Shell of Alvania dipacoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. dipacoi
Binomial name
Alvania dipacoi
Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989

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

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Description

Alvania dipacoi is a small sea snail with a shell of 2-2.6 mm in length. The shell is a spiral shape and generally an off white colour.

Distribution

It can be found in the Mediterranean sea [2] around the Tuscan Archipelago, and also around the Canary Islands and West Africa (Mauretania). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989. 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=141180 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ "Alvania dipacoi Giusti Fr. & Nofroni, 1989". Sealife Base. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alvania dipacoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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