Alvania multiquadrata 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 |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. multiquadrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 1.47 mm and 2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
edit- ^ Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania multiquadrata van der Linden & Wagner, 1989. 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=141218 on 9 August 2010 .
External links
edit- van der Linden, J.; Wagner, W. M. (1989). Alvania multiquadrata spec. nov. from the Canary Islands. Basteria. 53: 35-37
- 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.