Alvania subcalathus

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Alvania subcalathus
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Several views of a shell of Alvania subcalathus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. subcalathus
Binomial name
Alvania subcalathus
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906)
Synonyms
  • Alvania (Alvania) calathus manzoniiNordsieck, F., 1972
  • Rissoa calathusManzoni, A., 1868

Alvania subcalathus 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 varies between 2.5 mm and 4.3 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906) . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania subcalathus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906). 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=141245 on 4 November 2012 .