Alvania zylensis

Alvania zylensis
Shell of Alvania zylensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Alvania
Species:	A. zylensis
Binomial name
Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982 [1]

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco. the Ibero-Moroccan gulf, Strait of Gibraltar and the surroundings of Alboran Island, in 20–200 m; Gorringe Ridge and Ampère seamount.

References

1. Gofas S. & Warén A. (1982). Taxonomie de quelque espèces du genre Alvania (Mollusca, Gastropoda) des côtes ibériques et marocaines. Bollettino Malacologico 18 (1-4): 1-16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982 . Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania zylensis Gofas & Warén, 1982. 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=141259 on 9 August 2010 .

External links

• 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