Alvania settepassii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Alvania settepassii | |
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| Shell of Alvania settepassii (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 |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. settepassii
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea off Corsica; in the Aegean Sea off Greece.
References
edit- ^ Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania settepassii Amati & Nofroni, 1985. 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=141237 on 9 August 2010 .
- Amati, B. & Nofroni, I. (1985). Alvania settepassii sp. n. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 6 (1-2): 19-27.
External links
edit- 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
- Thanasis Manousis, The Marine Mollusca of Greece: an up-to-date, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references
- Conchology.be: image