Alvania limensis

Alvania limensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. limensis
Binomial name
Alvania limensis (Ponder & Worsfold, 1994)
Synonyms
Manzonia (Alvinia) limensisPonder & Worsfold, 1994 (basionym)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Southern Chile.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania limensis (Ponder & Worsfold, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766785 on 2023-12-31

• Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284

External links

• Ponder, W. F.; Worsfold, T. M. (1994). A review of the rissoiform gastropods of southwestern South America (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 445: 1-63