Alvania meridioamericana

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Alvania meridioamericana
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Shell of Alvania meridioamericana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. meridioamericana
Binomial name
Alvania meridioamericana
Weisbord, 1962

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

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Taxonomy

This is a Lirobarleeia (Barleeidae); possibly a junior synonym of Lirobarleeia chiriquiensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao and Venezuela

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania meridioamericana Weisbord, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532376 on 2024-01-02


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