| Alvania clarae | |
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| Shell of Alvania clarae (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. clarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania clarae (Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991) | |
Alvania clarae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Ionian Sea off the island of Zakinthos, Greece
References
- ↑ Alvania clarae (Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania clarae (Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141170 on 9 August 2010 .
- Nofroni, I.; Pizzini, M. (1991). Nuovi dati sul gruppo Alvania rudis (Philippi, 1844) e descrizione di Alvania clarae, nova species (Prosobranchia, Rissoidae). La Conchiglia. 260: 48-51.
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