Alvania regina

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Alvania regina
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Shell of Alvania regina (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. regina
Binomial name
Alvania regina
Gofas, 1999 [1]

Alvania regina is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2.7 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  1. ↑ Gofas S. (1999). The West African Rissoidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) and their similarities to some European species. The Nautilus 113(3): 78-101.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ↑ Alvania regina Gofas, 1999 . WoRMS (2010). Alvania regina Gofas, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457474 on 9 August 2010 .
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