Alvania nihonkaiensis

Alvania nihonkaiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. nihonkaiensis
Binomial name
	Alvania nihonkaiensis; Hasegawa, 2014

Last updated November 10, 2025

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Japan.

References

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania nihonkaiensis Hasegawa, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759693 on 2024-01-03

Hasegawa K. (2014) A review of bathyal Rissoidae in the Sea of Japan and adjacent waters (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna of the Sea of Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 44: 75–148.
Hasegawa, K. (2022). Bathyal Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) off the Russian Far East coast of the Sea of Japan, with redescription of Punctulum reticulatum Golikov, 1986. Ruthenica. 32(2): 85–92.

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania nihonkaiensis Hasegawa, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759693 on 2024-01-03

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