Alvania oetyliaca

Alvania oetyliaca
Shell of Alvania oetyliaca (holotype ayt MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. oetyliaca
Binomial name
Alvania oetyliaca Amati & Chiarelli, 2017

Alvania oetyliaca 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 2.1 mm, its diameter 1.35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Turkey

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania oetyliaca Amati & Chiarelli, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046085 on 2024-01-04

• Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221

External links

• Amati B. & Chiarelli S. (2017). Description of Alvania oetyliaca n. sp. from the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca Gastropoda Rissoidae). Biodiversity Journal. 8(3): 839-850
• Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references