| Alvania vermaasi | |
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| Shell of Alvania vermaasi (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. vermaasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975[1] | |
Alvania vermaasi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Alboran Sea off Spain (Bay of Algeciras); also in the Atlantic Ocean on the Gorringe Ridge.
References
- ↑ van Aartsen J.J. (1975). Alvania vermaasi nov. spec. , a new species of Gastropod from the Gulf of Algeciras (Spain). Basteria 39(3-6): 91-96. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ↑ Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania vermaasi van Aartsen, 1975. 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=180969 on 9 August 2010 .
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