Alvania elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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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. elegantissima
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| Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.6 mm.
(Described as Rissoa abyssicola var. obtusa Jeffreys, 1870) Shell regularly oval, with a shorter spire and a less oblique outline, compared to Alvania testae (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844) [2]
The whorls and the protoconch are convex without sculpture.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Tyrrhenian Sea at depths between 300 m and 400 m.
References
edit- ^ Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania elegantissima (Monterosato, 1875). 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=141185 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ Jeffreys J.G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 6: 65-86
- Gaglini A. (1991). Seconde spigolature... Monterosatiane. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 13: 1-22
External links
edit- Monterosato, T. A. di. (1875). Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo, New Series. 5(1): 1-50
- 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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