Alvania microstriata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Alvania microstriata
Shell of Alvania microstriata (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. microstriata
Binomial name
Alvania microstriata
(Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998)[1]

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 Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.

References

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  1. ^ Hoenselaar H.J. & Goud J. (1998). The Rissoidae of the CANCAP expeditions, I: the genus Alvania Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 62: 69-115. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
  2. ^ Alvania microstriata (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania microstriata (Hoenselaar & Goud, 1998). 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=141214 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Gofas S. (2007). Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts. Journal of Natural History 41(13–16): 779–885
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