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

Alvania clarae
Shell of Alvania clarae (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. clarae
Binomial name
Alvania clarae
(Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Ionian Sea off the island of Zakinthos, Greece

References

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  1. ^ Alvania clarae (Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991). Gofas, S. (2009). Alvania clarae (Nofroni & Pizzini, 1991). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141170 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Nofroni, I.; Pizzini, M. (1991). Nuovi dati sul gruppo Alvania rudis (Philippi, 1844) e descrizione di Alvania clarae, nova species (Prosobranchia, Rissoidae). La Conchiglia. 260: 48-51.
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