Alvania macella

Alvania macella
Shell of Alvania macella (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. macella
Binomial name
Alvania macella Gofas, 2007 [1]

Alvania macella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean on the Atlantis Seamount.

References

1. Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania macella Gofas, 2007 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania macella Gofas, 2007. 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=345739 on 9 August 2010 .

• Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885