Alvania herwigia

Alvania herwigia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. herwigia
Binomial name
Alvania herwigia (Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974)
Synonyms
Rissoa herwigiaCastellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1974

Alvania herwigia 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 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay.

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

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