Alvania moerchi

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Alvania moerchi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. moerchi
Binomial name
Alvania moerchi
(Collin, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Cingula moerchiiCollin, 1886
  • Onoba moerchii(Collin, 1886)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Arctic waters (Saguenay Fjord; downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary ); also off the Faroes.

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References

  1. Alvania moerchi (Collin, 1886) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania moerchi (Collin, 1886). 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=141216 on 9 August 2010 .