Alvania fractospira

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

Alvania fractospira
Shell of Alvania fractospira (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. fractospira
Binomial name
Alvania fractospira
(Oberling, 1970)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia.

References

  1. Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania fractospira (Oberling, 1970). 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=141189 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Oberling, J.-J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. Kleine Mitteilungen. 1: 1-7.
  • 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.
  • Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J.; Oliverio, M. (1991). The Rissoid species described by J.J. Oberling. Bollettino Malacologico. 27:107-120.

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