Alvania bermudensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Alvania bermudensis | |
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Shell of Alvania bermudensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoidae |
Genus: | Alvania |
Species: | A. bermudensis
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Binomial name | |
Alvania bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987
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Synonyms | |
Alvania (Simulamerelina) bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987 |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Alvania bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532367 on 2023-12-14
- Faber, M.J. & Moolenbeek, R. (1987). On the doubtful records of Alvania platycephala, Alvania pagodula and Alvania didyma, with the description of two new rissoid species (Mollusca Gastropoda Rissoidae). Beaufortia. 37(4): 67–71.
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
External links
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