Alvania concinna is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania concinna | |
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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. concinna
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania concinna A. Adams, 1861
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Sea of Japan and in the Ind-Pacific.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania concinna A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576593 on 2024-01-18
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
- Tomita, K. ; Mizushima, T. (1984). Mollusks on leaves of Zostero marina in Notsuke Bay − 1. Fauna and Growth of the Major Three Species. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 43(4）：331ー338.
External links
edit- Adams, A. (1861). On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 8: 135-142
- Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls
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