Alvania esmes

Last updated

Alvania esmes
Alvania esmes 001.jpg
Shell of Alvania esmes (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. esmes
Binomial name
Alvania esmes
Manousis, J. D. Oliver & Zaminos, 2023

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

Contents

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Aegean Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Manousis, T., Oliver, J. D. & Zaminos, G. (2023). Description of Alvania esmes sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissoidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 38: 3-9.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.