Alvania abstersa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania abstersa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. abstersa
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1993
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| Synonyms | |
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Alvania obsoleta van der Linden, 1993 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Alvania obsoleta (S.V. Wood, 1848); Alvania abstersa is a replacement name) | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Azores.
References
edit- ^ Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1993. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania abstersa van der Linden & van Aartsen, 1993. 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=141151 on 9 August 2010 .
- van der Linden J. (1993) Alvania obsoleta spec. nov. from the Azores (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia: Rissoidae). Basteria 57: 79-82.
External links
edit- van der Linden J. & van Aartsen J.J. (1994). Alvania abstersa nom. nov., a new name for A. obsoleta van der Linden, 1993, non A. obsoleta (S.V. Wood, 1848) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Rissoidae). Basteria 58(1-2): 2,
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