Alvania elegantissima | |
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Shell of Alvania elegantissima | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. elegantissima
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Binomial name | |
Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm.
(Described as Rissoa abyssicola var. obtusa Jeffreys, 1870) Shell regularly oval, with a shorter spire and a less oblique outline, compared to Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844) [2]
The whorls and the protoconch are convex without sculpture.
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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Tyrrhenian Sea at depths between 300 m and 400 m.
Alvania elegantissima | |
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Shell of Alvania elegantissima | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. elegantissima
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Binomial name | |
Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
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Synonyms | |
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Alvania elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 1.6 mm.
(Described as Rissoa abyssicola var. obtusa Jeffreys, 1870) Shell regularly oval, with a shorter spire and a less oblique outline, compared to Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844) [2]
The whorls and the protoconch are convex without sculpture.
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adding to it. (December 2023) |
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Tyrrhenian Sea at depths between 300 m and 400 m.