Alvania piersmai

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Alvania piersmai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. piersmai
Binomial name
Alvania piersmai
Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989

Alvania piersmai 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 1.8 mm, while the width attains 1.1 mm.

The protoconch of the shell has few turns. Its apex is smooth and forms 7-8 weaker spirals. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania piersmai Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989. 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=141224 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ Moolenbeek, R.G.; Hoenselaar, H.J. (1989). "The genus Alvania on the Canary Islands and Madeira" (PDF). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum - Universiteit van Amsterdam. 11 (27): 221–222. Retrieved 24 May 2025.


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