Alvania lucinae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania lucinae
Shell of Alvania lucinae (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. lucinae
Binomial name
Alvania lucinae
Oberling, 1970
Synonyms

Alvania gothica van Aartsen & van der Linden, 1986

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.4 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Corsica, Greece, Turkey)

References

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  1. ^ Alvania lucinae Oberling, 1970. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania lucinae Oberling, 1970. 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=141209 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1-7.
  • van Aartsen, J. J.; van der Linden, J. (1986). Alvania gothica a new species from the Mediterranean. La Conchiglia. 18 (202-203): 14-15.
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