Alvania elisae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1] They are Surficial Modifiers and Detritivores.[2]
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| Shell of Alvania elisae (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. elisae
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Naples, Italy.
References
edit- ^ Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania elisae Margelli, 2001. 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=180968 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ "Alvania elisae Margelli 2001 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
External links
edit- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
- Conchology.be: image
- Alvania elisae at Sealifebase.org
- Malacopics Photogallery: image