Alvania sleursi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alvania sleursi (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 |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Alvania |
| Species: | A. sleursi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987)
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| Synonyms | |
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Manzonia (Alvinia) sleursi Amati, 1987 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Savage Islands, the Azores and Brazil.
References
edit- ^ Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987). 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=141239 on 9 August 2010 .
- Amati B. (1987). Manzonia (Alvinia) sleursi sp.n. (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 10: 25-30
- Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80
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