Alvania formicarum

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Alvania formicarum
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Shell of Alvania formicarum (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. formicarum
Binomial name
Alvania formicarum
Gofas, 1989

Alvania formicarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1] It is a small species of sea snail, typically found in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Alvania formicarum was first described by Montagu in 1803.

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

They are typically found on the east coast of the Formigas Islets [2] in the Azores [3]

References

  1. ↑ Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania formicarum Gofas, 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=141188 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989".
  3. ↑ "Alvania formicarum Gofas, 1989". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.

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