Alvania scrobiculata

Alvania scrobiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. scrobiculata
Binomial name
Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms
Frigidoalvania scrobiculata(Møller, 1842) Rissoa scrobiculataMøller, 1842 ·

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Baffin Bay, Canada; also off Greenland and Iceland.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.4 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 22 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 574 m. ^[2]

References

1. Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania scrobiculata (Møller, 1842). 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=141235 on 9 August 2010 .
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

External links

• Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4: 76-97, Copenhagen.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
• R.; Cole, F. (1995). A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. Of Sea and Shore. 18(2): 99-116