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

Alvania villarii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. villarii
Binomial name
Alvania villarii
Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea off Italy and Greece.

References

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  1. ^ Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005. Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania villarii Micali, Tisselli & Giunchi, 2005. 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=180971 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Micali P., Tisselli M. & Giunchi L. (2005). Alvania villarii n. sp. from the south Tyrrhenian Sea (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bollettino Malacologico 40 (5–8): 70–73
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