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

Alvania oliverioi
Shell of Alvania oliverioi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. oliverioi
Binomial name
Alvania oliverioi
Buzzurro, 2003

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania oliverioi Buzzurro, 2003. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania oliverioi Buzzurro, 2003. 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=180970 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Buzzurro, G. (2003). Una nuova specie di Alvania di Cipro. La Conchiglia. 308: 43-46.