Alvania dianiensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alvania dianiensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. dianiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Tuscan Archipelago, west of Tuscany, Italy.
References
edit- ^ Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania dianiensis Oliverio, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141177 on 9 August 2010 .
External links
edit- Oliverio, M. (1988). A new Prosobranch from the Mediterranean Sea, Alvania dianiensis n. sp. Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 11(13): 117-120
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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