Alvania faberi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania faberi | |
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| Shell of Alvania faberi (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 |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. faberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532373 on 2024-01-23
External links
edit- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
- Malacopics Photogallery: image