| Alvania colossophilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. colossophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Alvania karpathoensis F. Nordsieck, 1972 | |
Alvania colossophilus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, in the Aegean Sea and off the Turkish coast.
References
- ↑ Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania colossophilus Oberling, 1970. 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=141172 on 9 August 2010 .
- Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1-7.
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. XIII + 327 pp.
External links
- Bitlis B. & Öztürk B. (2017). The genus Alvania (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) along the Turkish Aegean coast with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 395-411
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