Alvania zetlandica
Shell of Alvania zetlandica (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. zetlandica
Binomial name
Alvania zetlandica
(Montagu, 1815)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvinia zetlandica Montagu, 1815
  • Manzonia zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)
  • Rissoa canaliculata Philippi, 1844 (dubious synonym)
  • Rissoa carinata Aradas, 1847
  • Rissoa cyclostomata Récluz, 1843 (dubious synonym)
  • Rissoa scalariformis Metcalfe in Thorpe, 1844
  • Turbo zetlandicus Montagu, 1815 (basionym)

Alvania zetlandica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and arctic waters of Canada.

References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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